North Korea changes constitution to designate South Korea as a "hostile state"

North Korea has designated South Korea a "hostile state", its state media said on Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the country's constitution in line with their leader's vow to drop unification as a national goal. The North's KCNA news agency reported that the military had blasted sections of road and rail links with South Korea on Tuesday as legitimate action taken against a hostile state as defined by its constitution. [ . . . ] In January, Kim called for a constitutional amendment to erase unification as a goal in its ties with the South, accusing Seoul of colluding with the United States to seek the collapse of his communist regime and a clear defining of its territory. North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly met over two days last week where it had been expected to amend the constitution to officially designate South Korea as a separate country and a main enemy. State media had not reported on such a move, drawing speculation whether the change to the constitution had been postponed.
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