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North Korea Says Its Revised Constitution Defines South Korea as 'Hostile State' for First Time
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North Korea confirmed that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state" for the first time, two days after it blew up front-line road and rail links that once connected the country with the South.
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For decades, North Korea's formal stated goal was a communist reunification of the peninsula. Now it's reclassified South Korea as a "hostile state" at the earlier recommendation of Kim Jong Un.
North Korea confirmed that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state" for the first time, two days after it blew up front-line road and rail links that once connected the country with the South.
North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as "a hostile state" for the first time, two days after it blew up front-line road and rail links that once connected the country with the South.
The North Korean Constitution now defines South Korea as a "hostile state," state-run media said Thursday, in the first indication of changes made during a parliamentary meeting last week.
North Korea has designated South Korea a “hostile state,” its state media said, confirming a change in the constitution to drop unification as a national goal.