After two months of restraint, North Korea brought down a propaganda hammer on new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s inter-Korean policy on Monday, appearing intent on ending the administration’s push for engagement before it had even begun.

"No matter how desperately the Lee Jae-myung government may try to imitate the fellow countrymen and pretend they do all sorts of righteous things to attract our attention and receive international attention, there can be no change in our state's understanding of the enemy," Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader’s sister, wrote in a statement carried