Rodong Sinmun Monday says this in a bylined commentary.

It is ridiculous, indeed, that the Lee Myung Bak regime in its white paper talked about "stable dealing" with the situation on the Korean Peninsula and "flexible approach", the commentary notes, adding:

The Lee group has driven the inter-Korean relations into a collapse by steadily escalating confrontation and conflicts.

No matter how noisily the Lee group trumpets about its "efforts" for the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the improvement of inter-Korean relations, this rhetoric cannot go down with anyone.

On the contrary, this will only bring to light the despicable colors of the Lee group as perpetrators of anti-DPRK political and military provocations aimed to weather the worst ruling crisis caused by the total failure of its domestic and foreign policies.

The Lee group asserted the absence of a nuclear test and "provocation" of the north last year and the "opening of the south-north talks" were attributable to its "principled policy toward the north". This is nothing but shameless outbursts reminiscent of a thief afraid of his own shadow.

Lurking behind the puppet group's reckless remarks falsifying the truth of the situation and misleading the public opinion is a sinister aim to justify at any cost its anti-DPRK confrontation policy, the root cause of the collapse of inter-Korean relations, and stick to it to the last.

Only a severe punishment by history and the nation awaits the Lee group of traitors as it has committed so many crimes against the nation quite contrary to the compatriots' desire for reunification.