North Korean state newspaper the Rodong Sinmun erupted on Thursday, describing South Korean President Park Geun-hye as a “bitch” and “old cat groaning in her sickbed”.

A trio of articles organized under the headline “We Accuse Park the Bitch” showcased a variety of angry public reactions to a keynote speech Park delivered in Germany last week on Korean reunification.

But while the newspaper had already described her unification strategy as “junk” on Wednesday, the latest material went further, presenting a series of highly personal attacks against the South Korean President.

Much of the criticism focused on the fact that Park, the 62 year