North Korea has rewritten its constitution to erase any goal of reunification with the South. The move locks in Pyongyang leader Kim Jong Un's shift toward treating Seoul as a permanent adversary.

North Korea has rewritten its constitution to erase any goal of reunification with the South. The move locks in Pyongyang leader Kim Jong Un’s shift toward treating Seoul as a permanent adversary.

  • kamenlady@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    Political scientist Lee Jung Chul of Seoul National University, cited by Yonhap, said the new policy could form a basis for “peaceful coexistence” between the two Korean states.

    Lee said the omission of a specific inter-Korean border suggested that Pyongyang was seeking to avoid confrontation for the time being.

    but

    Pyongyang has adopted an increasingly hostile policy toward Seoul in recent years, while rejecting calls for dialogue from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

    Kim began shifting course in late 2023, calling Seoul the “main enemy,” and later ordered the demolition of a major reunification monument in Pyongyang.

    In January 2024, he urged a constitutional amendment that defined South Korea ​as the North’s "primary foe and invariable principal enemy,” stating that North Korean territory was separate from the South.

    So they don’t want to reunite anymore & see them as the main enemy, but also show no interest in conflict.

    That’s a good thing, kinda?

    • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      25 days ago

      That’s a good thing, kinda?

      “Peacefull co-existence” should be.

      But how rewriting the constitution will affect their relationship remains unclear for me. Except, that maybe it’s less confrontational on paper.

      It’s remarkable how the talks between north & south suddenly worsened after 2023. And, they even demolished the building were they held the peacetalks.

      ps: just realised this is wrong community for this post. Though S Korea is an ally ofc

      • kamenlady@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        25 days ago

        Except, that maybe it’s less confrontational on paper.

        That’s what i thought too, only time will tell…

        ps: just realised this is wrong community for this post. Though S Korea is an ally ofc

        I didn’t even notice until your comment