A North Korean state-run newspaper has denounced South Korea's new policy on Pyongyang, labeling President Lee Myung-bak as a traitor.

In a commentary Tuesday, the Rodong Sinmun said with the launch of the “traitor Lee Myung-bak’s” government, the two Koreas face a thorny patch in their relations.

The daily denounced Lee’s “non-nuclear and open-door policy 3000," calling it a reactionary initiative. It said the policy does not support unification and instead is aimed at confrontation.

The report claimed that Seoul's plan to have the North first abandon its nuclear ambitions is a declaration of war, saying such a policy would not help resolve the nuclear standoff or lead to peaceful inter-Korean relations.

On the South's raising of human rights conditions in the North, the Rodong Sinmun said the move was a political tactic aimed at sparking hostility and distrust.

The paper warned that Seoul will be held accountable when peace and stability are destroyed on the Korean Peninsula and South-North ties are seriously strained due to what it called Seoul’s pro-U.S. and anti-Pyongyang policies.