It argued that renewed talks on family reunions is a ploy to overcome the current crisis in leadership facing the South and make it possible for conservative elements to hold onto power. 

South Korea's conservative president was impeached on corruption charges in December that have effectively created a power vacuum in the country.

The propaganda site then said that by kidnapping restaurant staff in China last year, Seoul has actually created new separated families causing more pain and suffering.

Other state-managed Internet based sites, such as Uriminzokkiri, said the South has consistently pursued a hostile policy of confrontation that has blocked a meeting between separated families.

"It is nonsense that Seoul is calling for reunions of separated families at this juncture when it is they who left scars in the hearts of many people by blocking reunions," North Korea's main Internet news site said. (Yonhap)