North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday urged the South Korean government to wipe out the “disease of dependence on foreign forces,” warning that the tendency could lead to “destruction.”

In an analysis written by reporter Ho Yong Min, the party daily said “following foreign powers is an intensified manifestation of submission to the powerful, and there is nothing to gain from it.”

Seoul “will end up selling off the nation’s dignity and interests,” the Rodong said, if it relies on foreign powers without trusting in prospects for peaceful cooperation between the two Koreas.

“If you depend on others, you will continue