{"id":14494,"date":"2024-01-24T01:46:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/north-korea-demolishes-monument-symbolizing-potential-unification-with-south-report\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T01:46:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:46:22","slug":"north-korea-demolishes-monument-symbolizing-potential-unification-with-south-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/north-korea-demolishes-monument-symbolizing-potential-unification-with-south-report\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea demolishes monument symbolizing potential unification with South: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A massive arched monument that stood in North Korea for more than 20 years and symbolized the goal of reconciliation with South Korea has been demolished weeks after Kim Jong Un\u00a0ordered it to be destroyed, according to a report by NK News, an online outlet that monitors North Korea.<\/p>\n

The concrete straddled monument, known as the\u00a0\u2018Arch of Reunification,\u2019 opened in 2001 to commemorate\u00a0Korean reunification\u00a0proposals put forward by\u00a0former leader and dictator Kim Il Sung. At 100 feet high and 300 feet wide, it towered over the multi-laned\u00a0Reunification Highway\u00a0leading from Pyongyang to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and consisted of two Korean women in traditional dress holding an emblem of the entire Korean Peninsula, symbolizing the North and the South.<\/p>\n

But satellite imagery of Pyongyang on Tuesday showed that the monument had been destroyed. It is unclear when or how it was brought down, and it was last seen standing in an image taken on Jan. 19, NK News reports.<\/p>\n

Reuters and Fox News could not independently confirm that the monument, known officially as the \u2018Monument to the Three-Point Charter for National Reunification,\u2019 had been demolished. The three charters were self-reliance, peace and national cooperation, according to South Korean government records.<\/p>\n

Kim called the monument an \u2018eyesore\u2019 in a\u00a0speech\u00a0at the Supreme People\u2019s Assembly on Jan. 15, where he ordered that the constitution be amended to say the South was a \u2018primary foe and invariable principal enemy,\u2019 official media said.<\/p>\n

He ordered it be \u2018completely removed\u2026 to completely eliminate such concepts as \u2018reunification,\u2019 \u2018reconciliation\u2019 and \u2018fellow countrymen\u2019 from the national history of our Republic,\u2019 NK News reports.<\/p>\n

The move indicates a further deterioration of relations between the two countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kim also asked authorities to block all channels of north-south communication along the border, including physically and completely cutting off the railway tracks \u2018to an irretrievable level,\u2019 the publication reports.<\/p>\n

Tensions have spiked on the Korean peninsula following intensifying military maneuvers by South Korea and the U.S. in response to weapons testing by the North, which said it was readying for a \u2018nuclear war\u2019 with its enemies.<\/p>\n

Asked if North Korea appeared to be changing its posture on conflict with the South, White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday, \u2018We\u2019re watching this very, very closely.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I would just tell you that we remain confident that the defensive posture that we\u2019re maintaining on the peninsula is appropriate to the risk,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who took office in 2022, has taken a hard line against the North, calling for immediate and tough responses to North Korea\u2019s military actions that have raised tensions on the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n

North Korea claims it has produced nuclear-capable underwater drones designed to destroy naval vessels. It has also been escalating missile tests and threats, with South Korea calling on the U.N. Security Council to address the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

North Korea has vowed to \u2018wipe out\u2019 South Korea if attacked by the South and U.S. forces. Late last year, the North declared as no longer valid a key agreement signed with the South in 2018 aimed at de-escalating military tensions.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed to this report. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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