Komentar-komentar Kim ini merupakan reaksi pertama Korea Utara terhadap pengumuman departemen keuangan AS Rabu, bahwa pihaknya telah memperjelas jalan bagi pembebasan sekitar 25 juta dolar dana Korea Utara yang dibekukan di BDA yang bermarkas di Makao.
Kim's comments were North Korea's first reaction to the US Treasury's announcement on Wednesday that it had cleared the way for the release of about 25 million dollars of North Korean funds frozen in the Macau-based BDA.