North Korea Revises Constitution to Remove Reunification Clause and Add Territorial Language
The revision codifies Kim Jong Un’s push to treat the Koreas as separate states and places nuclear command authority in his hands.
- North Korea has revised its constitution, removing reunification references and codifying leader Kim Jong-un's "two hostile states" doctrine, according to documents reviewed on Wednesday.
- Kim labeled South Korea the "primary foe and invariable principal enemy" in January 2024, pursuing a more hostile policy while rebuffing repeated dialogue overtures from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
- Article two now defines North Korea's territory, while a separate defense clause designates the country a "responsible nuclear weapons state," placing nuclear command under the State Affairs Commission chairman.
- Seoul National University professor Lee Jung-chul briefed the Unification Ministry on Wednesday, suggesting the omission of specific borders aims to avoid immediate friction between the two Koreas.
- Pyongyang has increasingly aligned with Russia, sending troops and artillery to support the war in Ukraine, while maintaining its "most hostile" stance toward South Korea in recent years.
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archydeNorth Korea Removes Reunification Goal From Constitution
Pyongyang has stripped all mentions of reunification from its constitution, underscoring a push for a more hostile policy toward Seoul. A key clause stating that North Korea aims “to realize the unification of the motherland” no longer appears in the latest version of the constitution, which was presented at a news conference by South Korea’s Unification Ministry. This development follows a policy address in March, during which leader Kim Jong U…
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