«I do not give a definitive opinion regarding the speculation about 'Mount Kolang' [Pickaxe Mountain], but if America intends to attack any point of our country, whether Mount Kolang or otherwise, we will respond with full force.

We are not people of Hollywood propaganda and we do not reveal our military secrets; our defense power is proven on the battlefield, not in the media. As we showed in the past 40-day and 12-day wars, America will never be able to achieve its objectives against our defense will.»

«We do not reject diplomacy at all. Within the framework of this same diplomacy, it is we who impose our conditions and demands on the enemy.»