North Korea Amends Constitution to Enshrine 'Two-State' System, Deletes Unification and Creates New Territory Excluding the South

North Korea has revised its Constitution to define inter-Korean relations as a permanent "two-state" system. It also removed all unification clauses from the previous Constitution and added a new provision limiting North Korea's territory to areas excluding South Korea. This is the first time North Korea has introduced a territorial clause.
According to the preamble of North Korea's new Constitution, made public on the 6th, all concepts of fraternal ties and unification, including "reunification of the fatherland" and "the complete victory of socialism," have disappeared from the preamble and main text of the previous Constitution, revised in September 2023.
The newly added Article 2 defines North Korea's territory as including the land, territorial waters, and airspace established on that basis, with China and Russia to the north and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to the south. However, the southern land and maritime boundary was not specified in detail. Jung-Chul Lee, a professor at Seoul National University, said, "The omission of the maritime boundary suggests North Korea did not want to create a dispute." However, contrary to Kim Jong Un's advance warning, the text did not declare South Korea an "enemy state."
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