They are confrontational confabs to swim against the trend of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, says Minju Joson in a commentary Thursday.

The commentary goes on:

Such acts are greatly disappointing all the fellow countrymen who earnestly desire a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula and its independent reunification as soon as possible through the inter-Korean cooperation.

Dependence on foreign forces is extremely dangerous poison to benumb consciousness of national independence.

It is outsiders that divided the Korean nation and have blocked Korea's reunification.

The U.S. and its vassal forces are employing all sorts of sinister and childish methods to reverse the present trend of situation on the Korean Peninsula by driving a wedge between the north and the south of Korea, being displeased with it.

It is crystal clear to all that "cooperation" with foreign aggression forces seeking to fish in troubled waters after dividing the Korean nation into two and making fellow countrymen fight with each other will lead to self-destruction.

If the south Korean authorities are really interested in settling the national issue, they should dispel an illusion about foreign forces.