"Kim Jong Un Declares South Korea 'Principal Enemy' and Abandons Reconciliation Efforts"

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that the country will no longer pursue reconciliation with South Korea and called for rewriting the North's constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the two countries. Kim blamed South Korea and the United States for raising tensions in the region and ordered the removal of past symbols of inter-Korean reconciliation. He also defined South Korea as the North's "primary foe and invariable principal enemy." South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol condemned Kim's comments and stated that the South would maintain firm defense readiness and punish the North if provoked.