Describing it as an ostrich policy, Minju Joson Saturday observes in a bylined commentary:

The group of traitors has long lost the qualifications to claim the north-south reunion of separated families and relatives and exchanges and cooperation.

Matter is why the group let loose such a sheer lie.

It is aimed to evade the responsibility for the stalled north-south relations and escape from a tight corner by misleading domestic and international public opinion.

Such a political swindle will get it nowhere.

If they honestly intend to hold reunion of separated families and relatives and exchanges and cooperation, they should answer the open questionnaires issued by the Policy Department of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.

A political gimmick to mislead public opinion will only enrage the fellow countrymen.