Spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a statement exactly the same day, denouncing the South Korean military profane vilification North Korean leader's behavior.The spokesman mentioned that the Lee Myung-bak government is bent on obstructing the formation of an atmosphere of dialogue on the Korean Peninsula, an try to reverse the circumstance within the DPRK-US talks to make progress. The spokesman stressed that the laissez-faire Lee Myung-bak government, not merely affects the improvement of inter-Korean relations, the Korean Peninsula and regional peace and stability can not be guaranteed.
A spokesman for the peaceful reunification of Korea Committee issued a statement on that day, said the incident proved that Lee Myung-bak government on the surface from the advertised "dialogue" and "flexible", but seek framed Korea's top rated leadership behind it. Day, the Korean People's Army officers and soldiers and Pyongyang folks from all walks of life, Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang held mass rallies to denounce the South Korean army not too long ago insult with the highest dignity of the DPRK. The Korean People's Army Supreme Command spokesman stated within a statement in Incheon Jun Han recently without authorization within the internal class suspension DPRK supreme leader portraits, and openly wrote unsightly articles on this circumstance to unable to restore the point from the new critical provocation ".