Seoul should “feel responsible” for a now-months-long deadlock in nuclear negotiation between Pyongyang and Washington, an external-focused North Korean outlet reported on Thursday, in an article criticizing a recent tour of Northern Europe by the South Korean president.

The North Korean-run website Uriminzokkiri — which primarily targets South Korean audiences — said that a “South Korean official rattled off various illogical remarks in the course of taking a junket to Northern Europe” in a Korean-language piece written by Choe Jin Hyang.

“The South Korean official… misled public opinion [saying] we are also responsible for inter-Korean and DPRK-U.S. relations being deadlocked,” Uriminzokkiri