{"id":6393,"date":"2026-05-06T22:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/6393\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:58:12","slug":"north-korea-removes-all-references-to-korean-reunification-from-constitution-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/6393\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Removes All References to Korean Reunification from Constitution: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.com\/en\/news\/1278838\/north-korea-removes-all-references-to-korean-reunification-from-constitution-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/n01278838-b.jpg\" alt=\"North Korea Removes All References to Korean Reunification from Constitution: Report\" title=\"North Korea Removes All References to Korean Reunification from Constitution: Report\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Islam Times &#8211; North Korea has reportedly revised its Constitution to formally remove all references to Korean reunification and redefine its territorial claims, marking a major shift in its national doctrine, South Korea&#8217;s Yonhap News reported on Wednesday.The updated Constitution replaces previous language on \u201cpeaceful reunification\u201d and \u201cnational unity\u201d with provisions that define North Korea as a separate state with clearly demarcated borders with South Korea to the south and China and Russia to the north, along with surrounding maritime and airspace zones, Anadolu Agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>However, the document avoids specifying the disputed maritime boundary in the Yellow Sea, including the Northern Limit Line, a long-standing flashpoint between the two Koreas.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea first adopted its Constitution in September 1948 and amended it five times before introducing a socialist charter in 1972. After 12 additional amendments, it revised the document again in March, removing the word \u201csocialist\u201d from the title.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the role of leader Kim Jong Un has been significantly strengthened. The Constitution now designates the head of state as the supreme authority, including direct command over nuclear forces and expanded powers over state institutions.<\/p>\n<p>It also dropped the achievements of late state founder Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, the late father of the country\u2019s current leader, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the Constitution does not designate South Korea as a \u201cprimary foe,\u201d contrary to expectations that it would follow earlier remarks by Kim describing Seoul as an enemy state.<\/p>\n<p>The revision also removes the Supreme People\u2019s Assembly\u2019s power to recall the president of the State Affairs Commission \u2013 in this case, Kim \u2013 effectively ending its formal oversight role.&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times &#8211; North Korea has reportedly revised its Constitution to formally remove all references to Korean reunification&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4377,5202,941,5215,4343,5219,5211,4871,5207,4278,5205,5210,31,171,5217,5216,1490,154,4174,4276,5213,4869,5212,5201,5204,5221,5208,5203,5209,2850,5218,935,5214,5206,494,5222,5220],"class_list":{"0":"post-6393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-korea","8":"tag-a","9":"tag-all","10":"tag-and","11":"tag-claims","12":"tag-constitution","13":"tag-doctrine","14":"tag-formally","15":"tag-from","16":"tag-has","17":"tag-in","18":"tag-islam","19":"tag-its","20":"tag-korea","21":"tag-korean","22":"tag-major","23":"tag-marking","24":"tag-national","25":"tag-news","26":"tag-north","27":"tag-on","28":"tag-redefine","29":"tag-references","30":"tag-remove","31":"tag-removes","32":"tag-report","33":"tag-reported","34":"tag-reportedly","35":"tag-reunification","36":"tag-revised","37":"tag-s","38":"tag-shift","39":"tag-south","40":"tag-territorial","41":"tag-times","42":"tag-to","43":"tag-wednesday","44":"tag-yonhap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}