North Korea has declared South Korea a ‘hostile state,’ amending its Constitution, according to state media KCNA, on Thursday.
North Korea amended the Constitution on Thursday, making South Korea for the first time a “hostile state.” The move was a part of Kim Jong-un’s promise earlier this year to remove unification as a national aim.
It comes after the North Korean military blew up the front-line road and rail links that once connected the country with South Korea; in a joint statement, the president and lawmakers said they would revise the current Constitution.
On Tuesday, the North’s Korean Central News Agency said the demolition of parts of the northern sections of inter-Korean road and rail links.
Inevitable and legitimate measures taken in keeping with the requirement of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) constitution, which clearly defines the ROK (Republic of Korea) as a hostile state.”
A road leading to the city of Kaesong in the North is seen torn apart, with a sizeable gash on the pavement and the area around it, according to a satellite image released Wednesday by the imagery company BlackSky, reports Reuters.
A KCNA report also quoted a ministry spokesman as saying that North Korea will continue to “permanently fortify the closed southern border.” Still, it made no mention of the changes to the Constitution ordered by Kim.
