North Korea has still not shown a clear stance toward the planned inter-Korean high-level talks set for Thursday, leading South Korean media outlets to label the talks more or less cancelled.

This comes as North Korea had hinted on numerous occasions it would suspend talks over the launch of anti-Pyongyang leaflets by activists last Sunday.

Early Wednesday morning, North Korea sent a message saying that the South purposefully failed to stop the launch of the leaflets and “showed no interest” in improving the two country’s relationship, according to the South’s Unification Ministry.

The message added that the holding of the