Tag: hostile
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile nation, state news agency KCNA reported Friday, with photos showing Kim conferring with high-ranking soldiers and poring over a map labeled “Seoul” at a command post. Kim discussed the use of “offensive forces” against the South as…
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North Korea calls South Korea ‘hostile state,’ indicating constitution change
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has designated South Korea a “hostile state,” its state media said Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with leader Kim Jong Un’s vow to drop unification as a national goal. The North’s KCNA news agency reported that the military had blasted sections of…