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Seoul expects N. Korea to define South as primary enemy

2 October

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EPA-EFE/KCNA

North Korea is considering scrapping a key inter-Korean agreement signed in 1991 at the next parliamentary meeting after the country's leader Kim Jong-un asked for a revision of the constitution to define South Korea as North Korea's primary enemy, South Korea's Unification Ministry stated on Wednesday.

"North Korea will push to institutionalize its 'two hostile states' stance and seek to create security uneasiness in our society, as well as raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula with measures related to the territorial clause," the ministry stated.

According to the ministry, the agreements in the fields of politics and military, including the Basic Agreement of South and North Korea, are likely to be scrapped. North Korean laws regarding agreements on inter-Korean economic cooperation were abolished in February. North Korea's 11th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) will be held in Pyongyang next Monday.

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