According to state media KCNA on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a constitutional amendment on Monday to make South Korea a separate state. He also issued a warning, saying that although his nation does not seek war, it does not intend to avoid it.
What did Kim say?
In an address to the rubber-stamp legislature of North Korea, the Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim declared that he had come to the final conclusion that unification with the South was no longer feasible. He also accused Seoul of pursuing regime collapse and unification through absorption.
Kim said, “We don’t want war but we have no intention of avoiding it.” State media reported that three organizations about unification and inter-Korean tourism would close.
Tensions worsen in Korean Peninsula
The action was taken in response to growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula brought on by several missile launches and Pyongyang’s determination to defy decades of established policy and alter its relations with South Korea.
According to analysts, North Korea’s foreign ministry might assume control of ties with Seoul and possibly contribute to the justification of using nuclear weapons against South Korea in a future conflict.
Kim, according to KCNA, said that a war would destroy the South and hand the United States a “unimaginable” loss, as he called for South Korea to be named as the “number one enemy” in its constitution.
Kim added that the country’s constitution ought to address the question of “occupying,” “recapturing,” and “incorporating” the South into its territory if war breaks out on the Korean peninsula.
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