Kim Jong-un Calls South Korea A Foreign And Unfriendly Country

Kim Jong-un while inspecting the headquarters of the 2nd Corps of the North Korean Army. (Source: KCNA)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said South Korea was a foreign and unfriendly country, state media reported KCNA on Friday.

The statement comes a day after KCNA said North Korea's national assembly had changed the constitution to designate South Korea as an "unfriendly country", in accordance with leader Kim's oath to cancel the unification of the two Koreas as a national goal.

Leader Kim said the change in the nature of the South Korean and US alliances, with their different and more advanced military maneuvers, highlighted the importance of a stronger North Korean nuclear deterrent.

Regarding the detonation of railway lines and highways by the North Korean military, Leader Kim said it meant "not only physical closure but also the end of malicious relations with Seoul" as well as "the completely removal of useless awareness of fellow citizens and unreasonable reunification ideas."

Last week, Pyongyang said it would cut off the inter-Korean route as a whole and further fortify areas on its border side, as part of a push to implement a "two-state" system and cancel the long-standing unification goals.

KCNA added that Leader Kim made the statement while inspecting the headquarters of the 2nd North Korean Army Corps on Thursday.