Anchor: Following a breakdown in inter-Korean talks last week over wages at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, the North has rejected two proposals for dialogue by Seoul. It has also suggested that it won't hold joint events with South Korean civic groups next month to commemorate the 70th anniversary of liberation from colonial rule. 
Our Kim In-kyung has more.

Report: National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa proposed talks with his North Korean counterpart during a Constitution Day speech last Friday.
 
On the same day, the Ministry of National Defense invited North Korea to join the Seoul Defense Dialogue in September. 
 
It was a government-wide effort to improve inter-Korean relations ahead of the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from colonial rule on August 15.
 
North Korea rejected both proposals, accusing Seoul of political maneuvering and calling the offers evil gestures.
 
The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in a statement Sunday that Seoul was openly mocking Pyongyang by calling for dialogue without a fundamental shift in South Korea’s policy of hostility and confrontation against its northern brethren.
 
The North also announced that it would hold events at Mount Baekdu, Pyongyang and the truce village of Panmunjom next month to commemorate the 70th anniversary of liberation, suggesting that it won't hold events with the South.
 
The North hasn't responded to proposals by South Korean civic groups to hold joint events, but has said that its events are open to all South Koreans.
 
North Korean studies professor at Dongguk University Kim Yong-hyun said the North is essentially saying that it won't be dragged around by the South. He said Pyongyang is trying to take the lead in inter-Korean relations while at the same time creating social conflict within the South concerning the government's North Korea policy.
 
The South Korean government has expressed regret over the North's rejections and again urged Pyongyang to engage in dialogue.
Kim In-kyung, KBS World Radio News.