North Korea has firmly rejected the latest requires reconciliation made by South Korea’s newly inaugurated President Lee Jae-myung, signaling no real interest in renewed diplomatic efforts.

“If South Korea expects to reverse all the implications of [its actions] with a couple of sentimental phrases, there could possibly be no higher miscalculation than that,” Kim mentioned Monday, in keeping with the state-run KCNA information company.

Lee, who assumed workplace on June 4 after profitable a snap election triggered by the removing of hardline conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, has pledged to enhance the deeply strained relations with Pyongyang. His administration faces the problem of reversing years of heightened tensions following failed makes an attempt at dialogue and army escalations.

The rejection underscores the continuing difficulties in inter-Korean relations and casts doubt on near-term prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula.