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North Korea drops references to unification from constitution

North Korea's revised constitution has added a new territorial clause and dropped all references to unification with South Korea.

Axar.az reports, citing Yonhap, the revised constitution showed that North Korea has defined its territory as the land bordering China and Russia to the north and South Korea to the south, along with its adjacent territorial waters and airspace.

It did not, however, elaborate on the long-disputed maritime border between the two Koreas in the Yellow Sea, especially around the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border.

North Korea first adopted its constitution in September 1948 and amended it five times before introducing the socialist constitution in 1972. After 12 further amendments, it revised the document again this March, dropping "socialist" from the title.

Notably, the constitution did not identify South Korea as a "primary foe," contradicting the widely held assumption that it would do so following North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's earlier characterization of Seoul as an enemy.

In line with Kim's two-state stance, all references to reunification, including terms such as "peaceful reunification" and "great national unity," have been eliminated from the constitution.

Date
2026.05.06 / 14:27
Author
Axar.az
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