The United States' hostile policy against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is to blame for the crisis being brewed on the Korean peninsula, a commentary carried by the official Rodong Sinmun daily newspaper said on Tuesday.

The DPRK "has to be fully prepared to deal with any circumstances," as the US "is wielding the stick", the commentary said, referring to DPRK's nuclear programs.

The nuclear deterrence of the DPRK is no threat to anyone, it noted, adding that "If the DPRK had no nuclear weapons, it would be choked off by the US"

The article accused the US of "systematically beefing up its force in South Korea" and "still deploying more than 1,000 pieces of nuclear weapons."

The DPRK's official media have recently launched a propaganda campaign to agitate the people and demonstrate the DPRK's "unshakable will".

The U.N. Security Council on June 12 unanimously approved wider sanctions against the DPRK over its May 25 nuclear test. The resolution banned all weapons exports from the DPRK and most arms imports into the country. It authorized U.N. member states to inspect DPRK's sea, air and land cargo, requiring them to seize and destroy any goods transported in violation of the sanctions.

The DPRK has declared an opposition to the U.N. resolution and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal.

(Xinhua News Agency June 23, 2009)