"Defense Minister" Kim Kwan Jin of south Korea revealed a sinister intention to introduce a U.S. special unit into KIZ, vociferating about an operation for "rescuing hostages".

In this regard, the DPRK Monday declared an important step of withdrawing all its employees from KIZ and temporarily suspending the operations in the zone. This is a decisive and just measure under the present situation.

However, the south Korean war maniacs are running riot to buck the blame for the suspension onto the DPRK, with the chief of Chongwadae spinning out shameless remarks.

By nature, KIZ was built thanks to the DPRK's special favors, with many south Korean businesses benefiting from the zone.

During the Lee Myung Bak's office of four years in south Korea, the DPRK had ensured KIZ's full operation although series of knotty problems came up in the zone. This was prompted by an aim to speed up cooperation and exchange between the north and south, based on the idea of "By our nation itself".

But Lee alleged that the KIZ operation gives benefits only to the north. And he dubbed the north-south economic cooperation "drain on resources" for the north, saying that "cooperation will not help improve the south-north relations".

Ri Song Hwa, a Pyongyang citizen, said:

"The present chief executive of south Korea should take a right option. The responsibility for the suspension of the KIZ operation rests entirely with the south Korean authorities."