North Korea’s external-focused media on Monday and over the weekend slammed the South Korean government for its continued reluctance to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) and an ongoing domestic debate over humanitarian food aid.

In a Korean-language commentary written by Ko Chong Myong, the online outlet Meari today pointed to the Moon Jae-in government’s failure to resume work at the KIC as proof of its disinterest in implementing inter-Korean declarations.

“The stance of the South Korean authorities… is sufficient to raise doubts about whether they have the will to implement the North-South declarations,” the article claimed.

The Moon administration has been