Seoul says North Korea constitution revision won’t change peace policy

Seoul says North Korea constitution revision won’t change peace policy
May 8, 2026

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Seoul says North Korea constitution revision won’t change peace policy

South Korea’s Blue House said Thursday it remains committed to its “peaceful coexistence” policy with North Korea, a day after the release of a document outlining changes to Pyongyang’s constitution appeared to formalize the regime’s abandonment of unification.

The South Korean government will “comprehensively review matters related to trends in revisions to North Korea’s constitution” and “consistently pursue its Korean Peninsula peaceful coexistence policy based on that review,” the Blue House said in a message to news reporters early Thursday.

The DPRK’s purported changes to its constitution, unveiled in a document Wednesdayby a South Korean expert at a Unification

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