Tensions continue to heighten between North Korea and South Korea, following a series of
developments – an announced increase in North Korean artillery readiness, the detonation of
infrastructure, and an announced change in North Korea’s constitution.
North Korean state media reported that North Korea’s military had ordered its artillery
units stationed near the border to “get fully ready to open fire”. This was followed by the detonation
of two pairs of roads and railway routes on the edge of the military demarcation line (MDL) in the
Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) by North Korea.
The North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun confirmed that a meeting last week
to adjust the constitution in North Korea’s legislature, the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), resulted
in South Korea being declared a “hostile state” in North Korea’s constitution.