북측 역시 남측 내에서 벌어진 논란을 의식해 이날 조선중앙통신을 통해 귤이 일반에 배포될 것임을 공개한 것으로 보인다.
It seems that North Korea considered controversy that took place in the South, and it has made public through its official Korean Central News Agency that the tangerines will be distributed to the public.