Speakers at the press conference chided Ri Sang Hui, minister of "National Defense," for blustering at the "National Assembly" recently that he would "deploy more powerful forces in the waters where the northern limit line runs".

The outbursts let loose by him openly agitating an armed conflict against the backdrop of the escalating tension between the south and the north are as reckless as adding fuel to the flames, they stressed, and went on:

The October 4 declaration adopted between the south and the north clearly lays down peace proposals for preventing accidental clashes in the West Sea. Nevertheless, the military authorities are only crying out for confrontation, ignoring it.

Recalling that on the same day the military authorities announced that they would stage Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises together with the United States, they strongly demanded an immediate stop to such reckless moves for war and confrontation.

They declared that they would stage a fiercer struggle against the south Korea-U.S. joint military exercises throughout south Korea.