Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Kim Jong Il inspected naval unit 388 of the Korea People's Army (KPA) on May 28 and KPA unit 1174 on May 29. On June 1, he paid an inspection visit to KPA unit 716, which had been given the title "Kum Song Lifeguard", and ordered all the servicemen to "strengthen their combat capabilities."

Rodong Shinmun stressed in its editorial on May 28 that "the U.S. campaign to stifle North Korea is increasingly becoming vicious and nasty, as manifested by a series of actions taken by the U.S. vis-a-vis North Korea, such as posing military threats, vilifying the North Korean political system and government, attempting to bribe North Korea with economic assistance and disseminating false hopes of a Capitalist dream world" and that "the military and the people must be on full alert to be able to perceive the imperialists' evil designs for what they truly are and must form a strong united stand to ensure that reactive thoughts and cultures do not infiltrate into our system."

On June 1, North Korea hosted a rally to publicize letters written by children pledging their allegiance to Kim Jong Il. Attended by such figures as Kim Joong Rin, the secretary of the Korea Workers Party (KWP), the event was held in front of Kim Il Sung's statue at Pyongyang Students' and Children's Palace.

Rodong Shinmun criticized the Japanese government on May 27, arguing that "the Japanese authorities' remarks vis-a-vis North Korea regarding the implementation of economic sanctions and formation of international coordination is an attempt to aggravate confrontation between North Korea and Japan to the extent that a war will erupt on the Korean Peninsula" and that "such malevolent design is fueling the rage of our army and the people."

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station claimed on May 30 that "as a prelude to an attack against North Korea, the reactionaries in South Korea and Japan, following the footsteps of the U.S. government, are demanding that North Korea relinquish its nuclear development program and that military actions be taken in order to resolve the situation." It also stated that "our deterrent power is such that we are ready to defeat any kind of surgical strikes, precision attacks or preemptive nuclear strikes launched against us."

The spokesperson for the Asia-Pacific Peace Commission, in a statement issued on May 29, announced that "considering the significance Mt. Kumkang tours in terms of promoting inter-Korean cooperation and exchanges, we have decided, in compliance with the suggestions made by Hyundai Asan, to resume boat tours to Mt. Kumkang in early June."

Democratic National United Front Broadcasting, a malicious anti-South propaganda media outlet, propagandized on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of Jeongyojo, a maverick teachers' union in South Korea on May 28, that "Jeongyojo must fulfill its paramount responsibility of carrying out strong anti-U.S., anti-war education until the day U.S. dominance and intervention is firmly rooted out of the Korean Peninsula."

In the midst of numerous incidents involving North Korean fishing boats crossing the Northern Limit Line off the West Sea, the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) made groundless accusations that "the ceaseless infiltration of South Korean warships into the waters where serious military conflicts occurred last year can only be construed as a premeditated provocation on the part of the South Korean military to spark another new surprising incident in these waters" and that "this is a deliberate act on the part of South Korea to follow the U.S. imperialists' desperate behavior of raising a nuclear racket."