SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday rejected a recent U.N. decision to open a formal investigation into its alleged human rights violations, calling it "an act of political fraud."

   In Geneva on Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a three-member Commission of Inquiry on North Korean Human Rights for a one-year mission.

In a statement released through the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), monitored in Seoul, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said it will "completely reject and ignore" the resolution.