Meanwhile, South Korea 'strongly condemns' the constitution change and the characterization as a hostile state, and would not waver in its efforts toward peaceful reunification, its Unification Ministrt says
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Sixty-meter sections of the road and railway on the North’s side of the border were now completely blocked as part of a “phased complete separation of its territory” from the South, it said. A satellite image released by imagery company BlackSky and taken on Wednesday showed the road leading to the city of Kaesong in the North torn with a large gash on the pavement and surrounding area.
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly met over two days last week where it had been expected to amend the constitution to officially designate South Korea as a separate country and a main enemy. As part of the constitutional change, the North was expected to redefine its territory in a manner that conflicts with the Northern Limit Line that had been the de facto sea border since the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War, he said.
North Korea sharply intensified its hostile rhetoric in recent days, accusing the South of intruding on its airspace by flying drones and vowing retaliation.
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