North Korea's "South Korea Is a Thoroughly Hostile State"... Suggests Constitutional Amendment for "Two Countries"

North Korean media reported the bombing of the inter-Korean connection road

"Bombollowed 60m each on the East Sea Line and Gyeongui Line and closed down"

Kim Jong-un's 'two hostile countries' constitutional amendment suggested

Whether to amend the constitution or not, it will be released with news of the road blast.

[Anchor]
It has suggested that some constitutional amendments have been made regarding Kim Jong-un's declaration of "two hostile countries," which North Korea has not disclosed so far.

The Constitution contains the contents of defining the Republic of Korea as a hostile country, and it was disclosed to North Koreans along with the news that it blew up the inter-Korean road.

I'm reporter Lee Jong Won.

[Reporter]
North Korean media, including the Korean Central News Agency and the Rodong Sinmun, reported on the bombing of the Gyeongui and East Sea lines along with three photos.

Not only the roads captured by our military, but also the railroads, 60m each of the East Sea Line and Gyeongui Line, were completely closed by blasting.

It was said to be part of a step-by-step implementation to thoroughly separate the territory of their sovereignty from the territory of the Republic of Korea, especially the demand of the Constitution, which regulated the Republic of Korea as a thoroughly hostile state.It suggested that a constitutional amendment was made that institutionalized the 'two hostile state theories' of

, but there was no mention of the deletion of the 'unification expression' or the establishment of a 'territorial clause' ordered by Chairman Kim.Analysts say that North Korea's internal factors are greater in disclosing the news of the bombing of the inter-Korean link to the constitutional amendment that had been silent



[Park Won-gon / Professor of North Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University] He is on his way to antagonize South Korea and instill such consciousness in North Koreans by using the drone incident. It can be seen that those images of building up are confirmed.]

In fact, North Korea has repeatedly handed over responsibility to South Korea, claiming that the closure of the inter-Korean land route was due to political and military provocations by hostile forces.

He also said that he would speed up the measures to fortify the southern border on the road that had been cut off as he had previously announced.

[Lee Sung-joon / Joint Chiefs of Staff Press Director: We are working on removing soil from roads in the area where it was blown up, and some are mincing it, and additional work is being identified.]

The military began analyzing some of the bombing photos released by North Korea because they may have used the video taken and released by the South Korean military without permission.

The Ministry of Unification condemned North Korea's constitutional amendment as an anti-unification and anti-national act and said it would watch without predicting whether or not to establish territorial regulations.

I'm YTN's Lee Jong Won.



Photographer: Woo Young-taek
Video editing: Ma Young-hoo
Design: Park Yoo-dong