A new human rights white paper by a South Korean government-affiliated research institution represents a “political provocation” against the North, a DPRK state media outlet said Friday.

The externally-focused website Uriminzokkiri slammed the “2020 North Korea Human Rights White Paper,” published this week by the Korean Institute for National Unification (KINU), which details the present-day abuses in the country such as public executions and censorship.

The KINU publication is a “grave political provocation against the DPRK, which prioritizes the dignity and rights of our people,” the outlet claims, denouncing it as “rash and confrontational behavior that drives the North-South relations