No sooner had this been known to the public than people from all walks of life in south Korea bitterly censured and ridiculed him. They said "this is not the word to be uttered by the president" and "he is so imbecile that he is unable to distinguish a country from an organization".

Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes in a bylined commentary in this regard:

What Lee uttered was by no means an accidental outpouring but it betrayed the black-hearted intent he has always harbored towards the north. So, such rigmarole can be let loose only by the traitor dead-set against reunification and keen on confrontation.

Such deriding word as calling the DPRK an organization was mouthed only by fascist gangsters of the Intelligence Service, prosecution and "courts", but such word has never been heard from "presidents" before. It is only Lee who used such word in an official event as part of his malignant mud-slinging at the DPRK.

This clearly indicates what bitterness and repugnance Lee has towards the DPRK.

These confrontation-minded elements will only bring disasters to the Korean nation.

The DPRK will mercilessly wipe out those who dare impair its dignity, failing to know who their rival is.

There is no room for such worst traitors as Lee to stay in.

They will be cursed and condemned by history down through generations even after their deaths.