North Korean Response to Cheonan Sinking (FM Statement, Analysis + More)

(Foreign Relations) Spokesman for DPRK National Defence Commission Issues Statement

spokesman for the DPRK National Defence Commission issued a statement today as regards the sinking of warship “Cheonan” of the south Korean puppet navy.The statement reads:
We had already warned the south Korean group of traitors not to make reckless remarks concerning the sinking of warship “Cheonan” of the puppet navy.Nevertheless, the group of traitors had far-fetchedly tried to link the case with us without offering any material evidence. It finally announced the results of the joint investigation based on a sheer fabrication, which assert that the warship was sunken by our torpedo attack, in a bid to mislead the public opinion inside and outside Korea.  It is, at the same time, crying out for “punishment” and “retaliation” internally and foolishly seeking to prod the international community into applying additional “sanctions” against the DPRK.   What matters is that traitor Lee Myung Bak is taking the lead in such anti-DPRK smear campaign, even daring slander the headquarters of our revolution.  (KCNA)
http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2010/201005/news20/20100520-01ee.html

(Foreign Relations) North Korea threatens war if punished for ship’s sinking
North Korea warns that any retaliation over the sinking of a South Korean ship will trigger an ”all-out” war.  South Korea has released a report concluding that the warship Cheonan was sunk last month by a torpedo that was fired by the North.  The attack happened last month in the Yellow Sea near the border separating the two Koreas.  A total 46 sailors were killed.  North Korea denies involvement in the ship’s sinking.  The White House is calling the sinking an act of aggression that constitutes a challenge to international peace and security.  Press secretary Robert Gibbs goes onto say the attack is one more instance of North Korea’s unacceptable behavior and defiance of international law. (KVSTV)
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12511846

(Foreign Relations) N.Korea Claims Cheonan Probe a Plot to Hurt Relations
North Korea on Thursday anticipated its implication in the sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan, claiming the probe was “a planned, intentional provocation to destroy inter-Korean relations.”   A statement by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, said the South Korean “puppet regime” was committing “an outrageous act in the verge of death to tide over the crisis by deceiving public opinion to pull through the June 2 local elections,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.  (Chosun Ilbo)
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/20/2010052001285.html

(Foreign Relations) North Korean Response in the Spotlight
Since the civilian-military joint investigation team announced this morning that the cause of the Cheonan sinking was a North Korean torpedo, attention has turned to North Korea’s next moves threatening South Korea.  Recently, North Korea has been threatening South Korea through the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (ANDF), a supposedly underground South Korean pro-Kim Jong Il regime organization which is in reality led by North Korea, the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, the North Korean government agency which is in charge of South Korean operations, and ultimately the National Defense Commission, the highest military apparatus in the state. At the same time, what began as suspicions about North Korean involvement in the Cheonan incident have slowly been emerging as truth.  (Daily NK)
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00400&num=6397

(Foreign Relations) North condemns Cheonan report as “fabricated,” “foolish”
Condemning the conclusion by an international team of experts that a North Korean torpedo attacked the warship Cheonan as “fabricated,” the communst country’s powerful National Defense Commission said today it would send a team of inspectors to get a first-hand look at evidence.   In a spokesman statement, the commission threatened to take “strong measures, including an all-out war,” if South Korea imposes any sanctions on North Korea. (JoongAng Daily)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2920729