North Korean Constitution calls South Korea 'hostile state'

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on October 17 that the North Korean army's bombing of the inter-Korean border was a necessary and legal measure, carried out in accordance with the requirements of the North Korean Constitution, which clearly states that South Korea is a hostile country.

A section of the inter-Korean road in North Korea was blown up on October 15.

On October 15, the North Korean army blew up the inter-Korean road and railway in the North. KCNA added that the action also came from the serious security situation that is approaching the brink of an unpredictable war due to the political and military provocations of hostile forces.

A North Korean defense ministry spokesman said the country would take further steps to strengthen its southern border, but did not say whether there would be any other changes to the constitution.

North Korea blows up cross-border road, South Korean army fires warning shots

Last December, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un described inter-Korean relations as “two hostile countries” and said he would abandon the goal of reconciliation or unification with South Korea. In January, Kim Jong-un called for a constitutional revision, calling South Korea “the main enemy,” Yonhap reported.

Under the 1991 inter-Korean agreement, relations between South and North Korea are defined as a "special relationship" formed temporarily in the process of seeking unification, rather than relations between two countries, according to The Korean Herald .

South Korea has said its policy is to continue pursuing unification but will respond with force if North Korea takes any aggressive action. Tensions between the two sides have escalated since last year, after Seoul and Pyongyang announced they were canceling a 2019 pledge to defuse military tensions.

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