Seoul, Oct 7 (EFE).- North Korea again sent balloons with debris to South Korea territory Monday as Pyongyang hosted a parliamentary session to review the country’s constitution by eliminating references to reunification and redefining its borders.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff reported in a statement that the neighboring country again released balloons that could be directed to the north of the province of Gyeonggi, which surrounds Seoul, and to some areas of the southern capital.
Since May, Pyongyang has released more than 5,000 balloons in more than 20 shipments, in what is a response to the shipments of balloons with propaganda against the Kim Jong-un regime by activists from South Korea.
North Korean media have not reported the start of the session of the Supreme People’s Assembly called for Monday.
It is also unknown how the amendments will be announced, since North Korea has only reported basic details in past occasions and the full content of the legislative modifications has not been known until some time later.
The call for the session responds to the wishes of leader Kim Jong-un to make official what he said nine months ago about South Korea, with whom, he says, ties have not existed for five years and which he described as the main national enemy.
He also closed the door to reconciliation and reunification with the other half of the peninsula, which represents an important shift in the diplomatic strategy that the government in Pyongyang had been developing for more than three decades.
Experts believe Kim’s desire to reject dialogue, to formalize the existence of two clearly differentiated states on the peninsula and to unilaterally define the borders of North Korea could further worsen the tension in the region. EFE
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