In the new edition of its basic law, North Korea has classified South Korea as a separate state located in the south of the country.
Globalinfo.az reports that this is stated in the updated text of the Constitution published on North Korea’s state information portal “Nenara”.
It is noted that Pyongyang made a new version of the document public for the first time after constitutional amendments were implemented in 2024.
The second article of the updated text also describes North Korea’s territorial borders. In particular, it states that the country borders China and Russia in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south.
The document sets out the relevant provision as follows:
“The territory of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea covers the area bordering the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south, as well as the territorial waters and airspace defined on this basis.”
Thus, in the new Constitution text South Korea is directly mentioned for the first time as the country’s southern neighbour.
Safura Bannayeva
Globalinfo.az
