The statement by the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country came a day after Moon said in a speech that the momentum for dialogue remains alive despite the

series of "worrying actions taken by North Korea recently." "A sure thing is that the (South) Korean chief executive is (such a) funny man as he just reads what was written by

his juniors," the statement said while avoiding calling Moon by his name. It would be "senseless" for Moon to believe that inter-Korean dialogue will automatically begin

after the end of US-South Korea military drills, the statement said. The North had recently said it plans to talk only with Washington and not Seoul, and that inter-Korean dialogue