North Korean state media on Friday denounced plans by Seoul and Washington to establish a DPRK-focus working group, saying the new organization was part of a U.S. attempt to “ruin” inter-Korean cooperation projects.

The U.S. and South Korea last month agreed to form a working group to strengthen coordination on diplomacy, the denuclearization process, sanctions implementation, and inter-Korean cooperation.

Friday saw the outer-track outlet the Uriminzokkiri accuse Washington of attempting to “tie up South Korea more thoroughly with the framework of the U.S.-ROK alliance.”

“It underlies the U.S