North Korea declares complete blockade of roads and railways connecting it to South Korea - concern that fortification could solidify division of North and South Korea

North Korea has said it will cut off road and rail lines connecting it to South Korea and build protective structures to turn them into fortresses. North Korean leader Kim Jung Eun said this year
In a speech at the Supreme People's Assembly in January, he called for a constitutional amendment to clearly state that South Korea is the "number one enemy country." The fortification measures are believed to be related to this.
On the 9th of this month, the Korean Central News Agency said, "The permanent blockade and sealing of the southern border between our military and the Republic of Korea, our number one hostile country and our unchanging main enemy, is a means of deterring war and protecting the security of the Republic (North Korea)."
The government has abandoned its unification policy and is now effectively setting up a border. Meanwhile, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol said in August that "unification will definitely be resolved.
He called it a "major historical task that must be accomplished," and announced the "Unification Doctrine," a plan to achieve the unification of North and South Korea based on freedom, peace, and prosperity.
The direction is completely opposite, and if North Korea attempts to fortify the area in the future, there are concerns that the division between North and South Korea will become solidified. In North Korea, the 11th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly will be held on the 7th and 8th of this month.
As mentioned above, at the previous Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Jong Un had ordered a change to the constitution to clearly state that South Korea was the "number one enemy country." Therefore, this content was not discussed at this meeting.
However, the North Korean media on the 9th made no mention of the amendment to the law to clearly state that North Korea is the "number one enemy country" or of clarifying the border between North and South Korea.
According to the Korea Central News Agency, experts believe that such constitutional amendments have been postponed until the next meeting. Meanwhile, the North Korean military's General Staff Department announced on the 9th through the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) that the amendments have been postponed until the next meeting.
The General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) announced that it would begin construction to completely cut off roads and railways. The KPA cited the South Korean military's training near the North-South military demarcation line and the deployment of US strategic bombers near the Korean Peninsula as reasons for the "imminent danger."
The risk of war is growing," he said, justifying his actions as needing to take firmer, stronger measures in self-defense.
In a speech at the Supreme People's Assembly in January of this year, Kim Jong Un said, "The 80 years of North-South
Since then, North Korea has declared that it will put an end to the history of bilateral relations between the two Koreas and that it will completely cut off all links between the two Koreas along the military demarcation line.
It has been confirmed that work such as burying mines and reinforcing barbed wire is underway at the MZ. It was also discovered in June that construction of a structure believed to be a barrier against military tanks was underway.
The South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported at the time that "this appears to be an indication of an intention to take a series of 'anti-unification' actions (of the Korean Peninsula) physically, rather than simply declaring them."
The General Staff of the North Korean Army, which announced on the 9th that it would proceed with fortification, referred to South Korea as the "Republic of Korea" and the military demarcation line between North and South Korea as the "border."
On the other hand, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol stated in August this year that he would "create change so that the people of the North will earnestly desire free unification," and once again emphasized his stance on unification.
President Yoon also presented a "Unified Doctrine" consisting of a vision, strategy, and action plan for the future.
While introducing the "Unification Doctrine," he emphasized the significance of the unification of the Korean Peninsula for the people of North Korea, saying that it would be a "historic achievement that would greatly expand the value of freedom."
However, North Korea has indicated that it plans to completely cut off all railroads and roads connecting it to South Korea. If the two nations are fortified in the future, it is feared that the division will become fixed and unification will become even more difficult.
Following the announcement by the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, the South Korean military released a statement on the 9th saying, "We will not sit idly by and watch any actions that seek to unilaterally change the status quo."