The attempt only caused strong protest and denunciation by the south Korean public.

The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea in its information bulletin No. 1106 on Thursday said this is an intolerable insult to the participants in the Kwangju Popular Uprising and the Kwangju citizens, an outright challenge to the south Korean people aspiring after independence, democracy and reunification and an unpardonable politically-motivated provocation against the DPRK.

The bulletin went on:

The Park's attempt to let the group of murderers who turned Kwangju into "bathhouse of blood" stage a "street march" is a clear manifestation of the criminal attempt of the group of traitors to prolong their remaining days with fascist tyranny and confrontation with fellow countrymen.

It would be impossible to check the second Kwangju incident nor can the nation be rid of disaster as long as Park is left intact as she inherited only the gene of the "yusin" dictator, being utterly unaware of how the world goes around.

The south Koreans and all other members of the Korean nation aspiring after independence, democracy and reunification should never tolerate the wild act of the Park group making last-ditch efforts with fascist frenzy but resolutely check it with the nationwide struggle.