North Korea has revised its constitution to define ​its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to ⁠reunification, according to a draft of the text reviewed by Reuters, codifying leader Kim Jong Un’s push to treat the two Koreas as separate states.

The revision, believed to ‌have been adopted at a March meeting of the Supreme People’s Assembly, Pyongyang’s rubber-stamp legislature, marks the first time North Korea ‌has added a territorial clause to its constitution, Lee Jung-chul, a Seoul National ‌University ⁠professor, told a briefing at South Korea’s Unification Ministry on ⁠Wednesday (May 6, 2026).