{"id":6982,"date":"2026-05-07T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/6982\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:20:08","slug":"south-korea-to-seek-peace-despite-norths-revised-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/6982\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea to seek peace despite North&#8217;s revised constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea&#8217;s presidential office said on Thursday it would pursue its peace efforts despite North Korea&#8217;s constitutional revision that deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The two Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea&#8217;s constitution had previously stated that the nuclear-armed country sought &#8220;the reunification of the homeland&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But that clause no longer appears in the latest version of the document, which was reviewed by AFP on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will comprehensively review matters related to the trend of the revision of the North Korean Constitution,&#8221; South Korean President Lee Jae Myung&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on a comprehensive review, the government will consistently promote the policy of peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s own constitution contains a commitment to peaceful unification.<\/p>\n<p>Lee has taken a dovish approach towards the North, repeatedly calling for unconditional talks and vowing to act &#8220;proactively&#8221; to restore trust.<\/p>\n<p>His administration has hinted that it may have lobbied the United States to ensure that UN humanitarian aid exemptions reached the North.<\/p>\n<p>But those overtures have fallen short so far.<\/p>\n<p>In February, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang had &#8220;absolutely no business dealing with South Korea&#8221;, adding that it would &#8220;permanently exclude South Korea from the category of compatriots&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kim has also dismissed Seoul&#8217;s peace efforts as a &#8220;clumsy deceptive farce&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AFP<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udde6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfd \u2193<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/appdownload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Article_Footer_1200x400px-100_0.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Korea&#8217;s presidential office said on Thursday it would pursue its peace efforts despite North Korea&#8217;s constitutional revision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1523,134,2329,2333,2328,2336,2331,2330,2332,31,2334,34,2335,1583,2327,2326,207],"class_list":{"0":"post-6982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-north-korea","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-english-daily","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-free-newspaper","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-hong-kong-media","15":"tag-hong-kong-news","16":"tag-hong-kong-news-media","17":"tag-korea","18":"tag-latest-news","19":"tag-north-korea","20":"tag-sing-tao","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-standard","23":"tag-the-standard","24":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982","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=6982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}