North Korean state media on Thursday dismissed the Moon Jae-in administration’s efforts to improve inter-Korean relations as containing a “lack of logic and act of deceiving public opinion,” in an article in ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun.

The daily newspaper criticized the South Korean government  for “showing obsolete confrontational attitude” toward Pyongyang “while dancing to the U.S. and conservative group’s tune.”

“The North and South can’t achieve reconciliation and unity if [Seoul] is hostile to the same race and pursues a confrontation with foreign powers,” the Rodong Sinmun said.

“The South Korean government mentioning the improvement in relations,