Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Kim Jong Il paid an inspection visit to a company of KPA unit 833 (date unreported) and stressed the need for soldiers to internalize the spirit of revolution and combat-readiness in their daily lives (May 8, Central Broadcasting Station).

Rodong Sinmun propagandized in its editorial dated May 6 urging the nation's youth to arm themselves with military spirit: "ten thousand young people living in this land are urged to defend the leadership of the revolution at the cost of their lives and to live their lives forever with the military spirit for the prosperity of the strong country." (May 8, Central Broadcasting Station)

The Central Broadcasting Station claimed on May 6, "Our national pride has peaked in the era of Comrade Kim Jong Il. With comrade Kim Jong Il, we are confident that we will always be invincible. Our national pride is such that the U.S. imperialist's anti-DPRK maneuver will not stand."

A spokesperson for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland issued a statement criticizing Washington: "The U.S.' recent announcement of its plan to deploy Aegis and Patriot missiles in and around South Korea within this year is a grave military provocation against the DPRK and a dangerous arms build-up." (May 8, Central Broadcasting Station)

Pyongyang Broadcasting Station said on May 7, "Japanese reactionaries have decided to share their radar defense data with the U.S. under the pretext of the alleged missile threat from the DPRK. In so doing, the Japanese reactionaries clearly show their true intention to join forces with Washington to mount a preemptive strike against the DPRK." 

In its report about the 14^th inter-Korean ministerial talks on May 5, the Central Broadcasting Station reported the statement made by the North only, saying "In the 14^th inter-Korean ministerial talks, our chief delegate pointed out in his keynote speech that the joint military exercises carried out by the South and the U.S. are one of the main factors that escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula as well as jeopardize inter-Korean relations."

A spokesperson for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland issued a statement saying, "Unless the group of South Korean national assemblymen who proposed the motion for the presidential impeachment apologize for their recent remarks in which they malignantly slandered the DPRK for the accident at Ryongchon Railway Station, we will never deal with the political parties they belong to." The spokesperson also assailed the South Korean prosecution authorities for sentencing Min Kyoun U, secretary general of the Reunification Solidarity, to 10 years in prison, saying, "The South Korean prosecution made an unpardonable and outrageous move by sentencing Min Kyoung U based on the National Security Law, which is a deliberate act to stamp out patriotic forces for reunification in South Korea." (May 5, May 6, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station)