Policy won't change under new leader: N. Korea

North Korea on Friday ruled out policy changes and rejected any engagement with South Korea's current government, a day after proclaiming the son of late leader Kim Jong-Il as its new supreme chief.

North Korea on Friday ruled out policy changes and rejected any engagement with South Korea's current government, a day after proclaiming the son of late leader Kim Jong-Il as its new supreme chief.

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"We solemnly and proudly declare, to foolish politicians in the world including South Korean puppets, that they should not expect any changes from us," the National Defence Commission (NDC) said in a statement on the official news agency.

The North would "refuse forever to engage with traitor Lee Myung-Bak and his group", it said, referring to the South's president.

The NDC, formerly chaired by Kim Jong-Il who died on December 17, is the country's top decision-making body. His son Jong-Un was declared "supreme leader of party and army and people" at a massive memorial service Thursday.

"The world shall clearly see how the millions of our soldiers and people, who united firmly round great leader comrade Kim Jong-Un to transform sorrow into courage and tears into strength, will achieve the final victory," the statement said.