00:00North Korea has revised its constitution by removing references to Korean reunification
00:06and officially recognizing South Korea as a separate sovereign state.
00:10The changes support its Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's policy of treating the two Koreas as independent countries.
00:19According to documents reviewed by Reuters, the revised constitution defines North Korea's territory
00:24as bordering China and Russia in the north and South Korea in the south.
00:30The updated article also includes territorial waters and airspace linked to that land
00:34while rejecting any infringement on national territory.
00:38However, the constitution does not define the exact border with South Korea
00:43and avoids mentioning disputed maritime boundaries in the Yellow Sea.
00:47In January 2024, Kim called for a constitutional amendment
00:51that identified South Korea as North Korea's principal enemy and a separate territory.
00:56Pyongyang has adopted a more confrontational stance towards Seoul in recent years
01:02while rejecting repeated dialogue proposals from President Lee Jae-myung.
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