PYONGYANG, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Monday slammed South Korea for seeking to dismantle nuclear weapons of the DPRK in its newly presented five-year plan.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in last week displayed his government's five-year plan of state administration, which included the "strategy on the north," saying Seoul would produce a plan for dismantlement of the north's nuclear weapons.
The DPRK official newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary that the strategy is "a heinous confrontation scenario for intensifying anti-DPRK campaign over the 'nuclear and human rights issues.'"
"It is an unpardonable deed to remove the DPRK's nuclear deterrent for self-defense, pursuant to the U.S. scheme," said the commentary.
The official Korean Central News Agency also denounced the strategy, saying north-south relations "will never improve with the DPRK nuclear issue as a preconditon."
"This is absolutely unpardonable as it blocks the road for improved north-south relations, disregarding the principled stand of the DPRK on the 'nuclear issue,'" it said.
