Calling North Korea a separate state raises a constitutional question

2026-03-27 - 05:00

The South Korean government’s unification minister touched off a controversy last week when he used the term “Han-Jo relations” — shorthand for a relationship between two separate states — at an official academic forum, signaling a possible shift in how Seoul frames its relationship with Pyongyang. Chung Dong-young used the expression during his opening remarks at a joint symposium hosted by the... Source