North Korea has joined China in condemning the recently published UN Commission of Inquiry report on its alleged human rights violations, with its UN ambassador accusing “hostile forces” of defamation.

DPRK envoy to the UN So Se Pyong said that the United States is one of these “hostile forces” which has manufactured the COI report, for the purpose of “defame the dignified image of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and eventually eliminate its social system.”

North Korea frequently accuses its enemies, particularly the U.S. and South Korean government officials, of “offending its dignity.”

The 400-page COI, which