These North Korean activities could increase tensions between the South and the North, and it is important that this does not lead to an escalation,
The government will do its utmost to collect, analyze and monitor necessary information on future developments in North Korea,
The military is closely monitoring North Korean activities and has reinforced surveillance and alert posture in cooperation with the U.S., maintaining a state of full readiness,
If North Korea undertakes a provocation, we will strongly retaliate in terms of our right to self defense,
We clearly know that the military dregs of the [Republic of Korea] are chiefly to blame for the case of drone infiltration into Pyongyang,
It is deplorable that North Korea is repeatedly conducting such regressive behaviour,
The provocateurs will have to pay a dear price,
The acute military situation prevailing on the Korean peninsula requires the armed forces of the DPRK to take a more resolute and stronger measure in order to more creditably defend the national security,
Kim Jong Un wants domestic and international audiences to believe he is acting out of military strength, but he may actually be motivated by political weakness,
This is a practical military measure related to the hostile dual-state system that North Korea has frequently mentioned,
North Korea is likely to engage in strong provocations along the border if there is a recurrence of drone infiltrations,
There has been no damage to our military, and our forces conducted counter-fire in areas south of the MDL,
The North Korean military conducted detonations, assumed to be aimed at cutting off the Gyeongui and Donghae roads, at around noon and is carrying out additional activities using heavy equipment,
North Korea has detonated parts of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads north of the Military Demarcation Line,
Indeed, if I were planning an invasion, I would not blow up the routes into the south,
North Korea still has repayment obligations regarding this funding,
Most of the inter-Korean roads have been closed off since 1953 anyway,
I believe that it is a mistake that we should no longer make to consider the people who declare us as the 'main enemy'... as a counterpart for reconciliation and unification,
But it allows them to do so in such a way that grabs attention without inviting a military response,
The moment that a drone of [South Korea] is discovered in the sky over our capital city once again it will certainly lead to a horrible disaster,