Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a by-lined commentary carried in this regard brands the publication of the above-said roadmap as a serious political provocation to the DPRK.

It is preposterous, indeed, for the south Korean authorities to talk about "human rights" and the like as they are the arch criminals who turned the society of south Korea into the worst tundra of democracy and human rights in the world.

It is the ulterior aim of the conservative forces to hype the non-existent "human rights issue" of somebody and build up a public opinion critical of it in a bid to bring down the inviolable system in the DPRK, the commentary notes, and goes on:

The south Korean authorities have become noisier in their anti-DPRK "human rights" rackets since the warship "Cheonan" case and the Yonphyong Island shelling incident. Steeped in the extreme consciousness of confrontation, they are busy intensifying the "human rights" smear campaign, while increasing their military threat to the DPRK. Through these moves they seek to realize the ridiculous wild ambition for "achieving unification under liberal democracy."

There is no such human rights issue in the DPRK.

The south Korean conservative forces are sadly mistaken if they calculate they can get something from such smear campaign based on misinformation. Their anti-DPRK "human rights" racket would only result in aggravating the mistrust and confrontation between the north and the south.