Kim Jong Un abandons plans for unification between the two Koreas: We will change the Constitution to declare him the main enemy

2024-01-16 17:59:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Kim Jong Un abandons plans for unification between the two Koreas: We will
The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has said that unification with South Korea is no longer possible, and that the Constitution should be changed to declare it the "main enemy".

Kim has said that the three organizations dealing with unification issues should be closed, according to state media KCNA.

The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has said that he will respond "several times more severely" if there are provocations from North Korea.

The two Koreas have been separated since the Korean War, which ended in 1953.

They have not signed a peace treaty, so technically they have been at war ever since.

In a speech to the Supreme People's Assembly - North Korea's parliament - Kim said the Constitution should be changed to educate North Koreans that South Korea is the "main enemy".

He has said that if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, the country's Constitution should reflect the issue of "occupation" and "incorporation" of South Korea into its own territory.

Kim - who replaced his father, Kim Jong-il, as North Korean leader in 2011 - has said that North Korea "does not want war, but does not intend to avoid it", according to state media.

In a report published last week for North 38 – a US-based organization focused on North Korea – former US State Department official Robert Carlin and nuclear scientist Siegfried S Hecker said the situation on the Korean Peninsula is "more dangerous than ever".


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