North Korea believes the White House is “attempting to advocate a confrontation” at the Winter Olympics next month, according to a report.

In a rare phone interview with the Washington Post, North Korean ambassador to the UN Pak Song Il accused the Trump administration of trying to stir the pot in South Korea ― after an article came out last week, saying Vice President Pence had “grave concerns” with the Hermit Kingdom’s involvement in the games.

“This only shows how weak their motives are and how shameful their ways of thinking are,” Pak said Monday night.

The article in question was published by the Post on Jan. 23, and featured comments from a senior White House official who discussed the vice president’s stance on the upcoming Olympics, under the condition of anonymity.

“He has grave concerns that Kim will hijack the messaging around the Olympics,” the official said.

“The North Koreans have been master manipulators in the past,” the official added. “I think a lot of vice presidents in the past have gone ceremoniously to the Olympics, and that’s what they do and that’s great. They cut the ribbon. Check the box…We wouldn’t be making this trip if that’s what it was about.”

The article came just days after North Korean singer Hyon Song Wol ― a rising star in leader Kim Jong Un’s regime ― visited South Korea and sent locals into a frenzy as she inspected the Olympic facilities with a national delegation.

“There’s nothing cute or nice or touching about what this man is doing,” the White House official said of Kim’s antics.

Pak insists, though, that everything is in good faith.

“[Hyon’s trip to the South] has nothing to do with . . . propaganda,” he said.

“Our decision to send our art delegation to South Korea during the Olympic Games are the good manifestation of our brotherly love to share the pleasure of the auspicious event,” Pak explained. “And this is also the manifestation of our brotherly love to make North and South Korea to go forward proudly, hand in hand.”

Pak told the Post that Kim ultimately views the Winter Olympics as a major opportunity for the North to demonstrate the nation’s “prestige” ― and nothing more.

He said that Pence’s stance on the issue proves that the US “regards itself as the only superpower of the world” ― and shows that the “hostility” between the two countries will more than likely be evident in PyeongChang.

If a confrontation does happen, Pak believes it will only “make the situation strained again in the region of the Korean Peninsula.”

The vice president’s office said Tuesday that Pence plans to stay the course, despite the North’s concerns.

“No matter the circumstances or occasion, the vice president will not hesitate to speak out against North Korea when they are being dishonest or deceptive in their practices and provocations against freedom,” explained Jarrod Agen, Pence’s deputy chief of staff and communications director.

“The Kim regime entered Olympic discussions declaring all their nuclear weapons are aimed only at the United States,” he added. “Much of the world agrees with the United States, as several nations have joined together to back up our sanctions and put maximum pressure on the Kim regime.”