Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

 Rodong Sinmun propagandized in its editorial dated Aug. 5, "Comrade Kim Jong Il stated that the Workers' Party of Korea is the destiny of our nation as well as the life of our people. In alignment with this, our party is making efforts to realize Great Leader Kim Il Sung's ideology and embody his works." (Aug. 5, Central Broadcasting Station)

Pyongyang Broadcasting Service propagandized on Aug. 7, "February 8th Vinalon Complex workers and WPK members are actively engaged in a struggle to achieve innovation in manufacturing, with the will to crush the U.S. imperialist by channeling their burning hostility toward the U.S. imperialist into their work."

The KCNA said, "The U.S.' Global Defense Posture Review (GPR) is developed as part of its strategy to achieve world hegemony by forcing other countries to embrace its ideology; especially targeting those self-reliant sovereign nations that do not follow the self-righteous U.S.' unilateralism." (Aug. 5, Central Broadcasting Station)

A foreign ministry spokesperson criticized Tokyo, saying, "Under the pretext of keeping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in check at sea, Japan is conducting a 'joint naval exercise' that is a product of the Bush administration's sinister attempt to escalate its policy to isolate and obstruct the DPRK." (Aug. 8, Central Broadcasting Station)

Pyongyang Broadcasting Service propagandized on Aug. 3, "The South Korean people should more actively join in the struggle to eliminate all anti-unification conservatives who regard the DPRK as an anti-Korean entity and fanatically enforce the National Security Law, which goes completely against the principle of national cooperation."

The Central Broadcasting Station voiced criticism on Aug. 6, saying, "The Ulchi Focus Lens 2004 joint military exercise is a war drill aimed at reviewing the American and South Korean forces' capability to jointly launch a war of aggression against the DPRK and to make it more comprehensive based on the U.S. imperialist's new war scenario against the DPRK."