North Korea's state media on Monday expressed a negative view of the six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program, claiming the now-suspended forum is apparently intended to overthrow the communist regime.

"The United States has used dialogue as a space for crushing our republic to death. The six-party talks are not an exception," the Rodong Sinmun, published by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said in a commentary.

It followed media reports here that South Korea, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan are jointly seeking to resume the talks that were last held in December 2008.

The newspaper cited President Barack Obama's recent remarks that the North is doomed to collapse. Pyongyang has argued that his comments demonstrate Washington's policy of attempting to bring down the country's regime.

It was not confirmed whether the North's five dialogue partners have formally proposed the resumption of the talks.

The North's powerful National Defense Commission has not clarified its position on the matter yet. (Yonhap)