North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South because of hostility, Kim Jong Un says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would no longer pursue reconciliation with South Korea and called for rewriting the North’s constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the war-divided countries, state media said Tuesday.

The historic step to discard a decades-long pursuit of unification, which was based on a sense of national homogeneity shared by both Koreas, comes amid heightened tensions where the pace of both Kim’s weapons development and the South’s military exercises with the United States have intensified in a tit-for-tat.

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North Korea does not want war, but it does not intend to avoid it , said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Invasion from the south of even "0.001" millimeters will be considered a war provocation, noted Kim Jong Un.
Kim adds that this conflict would destroy South Korea and cause… pic.twitter.com/aURzsjWpOM

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