North Korea took aim at “Western countries” for harping on its egregious human rights record, alluding to recent racially-charged crimes in the United States and defending itself as a “socialist paradise.”

Over the weekend, North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a spate of statements accusing other countries of white supremacy, racial discrimination and violence against women — as well as unfair meddling in DPRK affairs.

“Recently, the Western countries … impudently took issue with ‘human rights’ situations of individual countries, including our country, again under the signboard of ‘protection of human rights,’” one foreign affairs ministry releasestated