U.S. President Barack Obama has reiterated that authoritarian regimes are not sustainable as they can no longer dupe their people in an age of information driven by the Internet and social media.

The remark, made in an interview with CNN, appeared to mirror Obama's earlier comments that North Korea is bound to collapse because the Internet will find its way into the isolated nation and spread information that will undercut the authoritarian regime.

"What I continue to believe is that an authoritarian model, in this day and age, is going to be less and less sustainable," Obama said in the interview that was filmed during his visit to India last week and broadcast Sunday.

"And I think we've seen evidence of that around the world. Part of it is just the flow of information. Authoritarianism to some degree depends on the ignorance of people, and the Internet and social media means people have access to information," he said.

Obama also said that authoritarian regimes rely on tamping down people's expectations. But as people's expectations are constantly rising, especially among young people, a government model that "relies on force is not ultimately going to be effective."

Obama did not mention North Korea by name.

Pyongyang has reacted angrily to Obama's earlier remarks about its ultimate collapse.

The North's foreign ministry said Obama's statement is "nothing but a poor grumble of a loser driven into a tight corner" in its standoff with the North and shows the U.S. is preoccupied with hostility toward the communist nation.

Relations between the U.S. and the North have worsened further recently following a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures. The U.S. has blamed the North for carrying out the attacks and imposed fresh sanctions, but Pyongyang has categorically denied any involvement.

Many analysts say the Obama administration has little interest in resuming negotiations with the North.

On Sunday, the North's foreign ministry said it had invited Amb. Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, to visit Pyongyang for talks during his Northeast Asia trip last week, but the U.S. rejected the proposal.

U.S. reaction to the North's claim was not immediately available. (Yonhap)