Referring to the main contents of the address, the statement said:

Kim Jong Un's New Year address serves as a compass clearly indicating the orientation and ways for the Korean people to triumphantly advance the building of a thriving nation.

It also serves as the invariable important declaration to be held fast to by the Korean people in their drive for achieving the independent reunification of the country, the lifetime desire of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and supreme task of the nation.

The south Korean authorities should stop at once their moves to escalate confrontation with the same nation in collusion with the U.S. but respond to the DPRK's call for dialogue and reconciliation.