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

His remarks are a revelation of his sinister scheme to term the DPRK a "provoker" in a bid to evade the blame for the present tension and realize the ambition for "inducing the north to change".

The DPRK's declaration of an all-out action against the U.S. and measures for bolstering up nuclear deterrent are an exercise of the legitimate right to defend the sovereignty of the country and the security of the nation in order to cope with the reckless moves of the U.S. and puppet south Korean regime which are keen on the hostile acts against the DPRK by brandishing a sword for invading it.

However, vocal about "provocation from the north", the puppet group cannot cover up the essence of the situation on the Korean Peninsula nor evade the blame for the tension.

The group is often talking about "confidence-building process", advertising it as a new "policy toward the north" but it is nothing but an anti-reunification policy for confrontation little short of traitor Lee Myung Bak's watchwords of "no nukes, opening and 3 000 dollars".

Pressure and honeyed words can never make the army and people of the DPRK change their faith and option.

The puppet group should clearly know that its persistent rackets for confrontation with the DPRK will precipitate its miserable end.