“We
have exercised restraint as much as we can for decades, and any calls for
restraint at present are no help to control the situation,” the DPRK Foreign
Ministry said in a statement on August 21. It added that the DPRK army and
people are even ready for a full-scale war, not a simple countermeasure or
retaliation, to safeguard their social system at the cost of their lives.
The
statement came after the south Korean military fired dozens of shells at the
DPRK’s territory.
The
military provocation following a series of self-orchestrated incidents is not
accidental but closely calculated, it said.
The
Park Geun Hye clique is mired in a crisis over unpopular governance, worsened
inter-Korean relations caused by extreme anti-reunification approach and
confrontational racket, vicious cycle of tension and escalation, THAAD
deployment and diplomatic issues, it noted.
The
recent incident is a blatant provocation which stemmed from a reckless scheme
to find a way out of the crisis and disturb the other’s festival, it said.
Referring
to the resolute measures taken by the DPRK, it said the touch-and-go situation
cannot be turned back any more.
“We
are closely following the shadow of the US cast behind south Korea’s shelling,
and if the combat escalates we are fully poised to react to any slightest
provocation by US aggressors,” it stressed.
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