The statement said:

Official figures of the White House and the State and Defense Departments of the U.S. are branding the ballistic rocket firing drill conducted by the Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) as "violation of resolution" of the UN Security Council and "provocation".

A real threat to peace and security on the Korean peninsula is not a KPA's legitimate and self-defensive ballistic rocket firing drill, but the U.S. constant arms buildup and nuclear war exercises.

Ulji Freedom Guardian to be conducted by the U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces in coming August is a severe threat to peace and security on the Korean peninsula.

Park Geun Hye has made over 20 foreign tours since she took power during which she spouted stereo-typed confrontational rhetoric hurting fellow countrymen in the north.

Stooping to any infamy to stifle the compatriots, she decided to deploy U.S. THAAD for aggression in south Korea which her predecessors dared not do.

We strongly denounce the moves of the U.S. and the Park Geun Hye group of traitors against the DPRK and fully support its principled stand.