"The South Korean foreign affairs official once again took issue with our human rights at the 37th UN Human Rights Council meeting," said Uriminzokkiri, a propaganda website whose name means between our people in Korean.

"This is a absurd confrontational behavior that dampens the current mood of improving North-South relations and provokes anti-North Korea human rights maneuvers," it added.

During her key note speech at the UN meeting, Kang said North Korea should invest more of its resources in its people and the protection and promotion of their human rights.

"My government will continue to join the international community in urging North Korea to change course, both on the security and human rights fronts," she said. (Yonhap)