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nknews.orgNorth Korea Revises Constitution to Define Borders With South Korea and Remove Unification References
North Korea has amended its constitution to explicitly define its territory as bordering South Korea and eliminate mentions of reunification, formalizing a view of the two Koreas as separate states. The changes also designate Kim Jong Un as head of state and place command of nucl…
IssamBarhoumi / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)South Korea and North Korea Clash Over Denuclearization at UN Security Council Meeting
South Korea's UN ambassador emphasized peaceful coexistence and a phased approach to North Korea's denuclearization during a Security Council session. The meeting marked two years since the disbandment of a UN sanctions monitoring panel. North Korea's envoy criticized the gatheri…
David Clayton Ellsworth / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles on Military Anniversary
North Korea marked its military anniversary with a series of ballistic missile launches, according to reports. The tests occurred amid reports of U.S. military assets being redeployed from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East. Al Jazeera's Barnaby Chuck reported on the develop…