He inspected a guard battalion in the joint security area of Panmunjom and the post of die-hard military gangsters who had perpetrated a military provocation against the DPRK shortly ago and other units, crying out for coping with someone's "provocation" and "punishing provocateurs".

He blustered "he would not leave them alone in fight" but "strongly back them through alliance with the U.S.," instigating soldiers to military confrontation.