PYONGYANG, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The fate of Kaesong Industrial Park and the future of talks between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea "totally depends on South Korea's attitude," the official KCNA news agency said on Thursday.

    The DPRK side expressed "regret" over the stalemate on the Kaesong Industrial Park, the KCNA said, citing a DPRK representative at the third round of the DPRK-South Korea dialogue.

    The talks ended on Wednesday with no progress from the previous negotiations.

    The DPRK accused South Korea of raising "unrelated problems" to "complicate" the talks and risking confrontation.

    The DPRK reiterated its stand and justification on raising the industrial park's rental fee, and that it would help resolve operation difficulties South Korean factories were facing in the park, once the rental fee problem was settled.

    The KCNA's report did not mention if a follow-up meeting will be held.

    The two sides held two rounds of working contacts on June 11 and 19 over the industrial park. The DPRK has reportedly proposed its workers salaries be raised from 70 U.S. dollars per month to 300 dollars, and the land rental fee from 16 million dollars to 500 million dollars.

    South Korea has rejected the demands, saying the DPRK was "going too far," and urged it to release a South Korean worker still detained in the industrial park since late March for publicly denouncing the regime.

    The Kaesong complex, where 106 South Korean companies operate with some 40,000 DPRK workers, makes a variety of products, from electronics and watches to shoes and utensils.

    The park, located in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, was jointly set up as a reconciliation project between the two sides.