North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border.
The announcement, which comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scrapped a longstanding policy of seeking peaceful reunification with South Korea earlier this year, declared that remaining roads and railways connected to the South would be completely cut, blocking access along the border.
“If North Korea were to establish a new territorial clause through a constitutional amendment and sever its relationship with the South, the internal and external repercussions would be so great,” Hong told CNN, suggesting Pyongyang is taking small steps in that direction.
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