North Korea's amended constitution has removed any reference to reunification with South Korea and to a shared Korean national identity, formally framing Seoul as a "hostile state."
The changes, which leader Kim Jong Un had signaled at a Supreme People's Assembly in March, are a major policy departure for North Korea, which has technically remained at war with its southern neighbor since an armistice in 1953 halted hostilities in the Korean War.
What has changed with North Korea's revised charter?
The new constitution, distributed by South Korea's Ministry of Unification on May 6, has four major changes:
The goal of reunifying the Korean peninsula has been officially abandoned, and South Korea is no longer viewed as part of a shared national community
