The Democratic People's Republicof Korea (DPRK) Monday condemned the US recent "false propaganda and psychological operation" and warned that the DPRK would reconsider its participation in the talks with the United States.

"All of the US false propaganda is intended to give impression that dramatic crisis has occurred in the DPRK. The campaign aimed to slander the DPRK and finally realize a regime change. there have, in actuality, gone beyond the tolerance limit," said a spokesman for the DPRK's Foreign Ministry.

Recently, foreign media reported that portraits of Kim Jong-il,the DPRK top leader, are no longer displayed in the DPRK, terming "there is confusion within its leadership."

Meanwhile, the United States said "at least 130 army general officers and high-ranking officials deserted their units in the wake of the defection of ordinary people."

"The United States seems to foolishly think that its mean psychological operation works on the DPRK and it has done something in its bid to tarnish the image of the DPRK and bring down its political system," said the spokesman.

"Finding it impossible to topple the DPRK by force as it has a powerful nuclear deterrent force, the United States faked up 'the North Korean Human Rights Act' and adopted it as its policy to realize a regime change in it. It has spread sheer lies through such operation to destabilize its society as massively smuggling transistors and increasing the hours of broadcasting of Voice of Free Asia," said the spokesman.

"It is, however, seriously mistaken," he said. "The DPRK's system is politically stable and is as firm as a rock."

Source: Xinhua