| N. Korea Blames S. Korea for Strained Relations, Keeps Mum on Proposed Inter-Korean Talks |
| 2014-12-31 Updated. |
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 Blaming South Korea for strained inter-Korean relations, Pyongyang called on Seoul to change its North Korean policies, but remained silent on South Korea's proposal for high-level talks next month.
In an editorial on Wednesday wrapping up 2014, Rodong Sinmun, the gazette of the North's ruling Workers' Party, argued that North Korea consistently strove to improve cross-border ties over the past year.
It said the current rupture in inter-Korean relations is because nothing has changed in the South Korean government's hostile ideas and confrontational policies.
The newspaper blasted the South Korean Presidential Preparatory Committee for Unification, which proposed the inter-Korean talks for January.
The North said that while demanding that North Korea change, the South set up the committee as part of insistent efforts to realize its ambition of unifying the two regimes.
The editorial also cited the distribution of anti-North leaflets, attacks on the North's human rights, and criticism of the North's dual pursuit of economic and nuclear advancement as examples of South Korea's confrontational posture.
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