It has been confirmed that North Korea has partially changed the lyrics of its national anthem, removing the word "Three Thousand Leagues" which refers to the entire Korean Peninsula. This appears to be based on the change in policy to not consider South Korea as a subject of peaceful reunification.
Of the lyrics of North Korea's national anthem "Patriot Anthem" posted on the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, the word "3,000 miles" has been removed from the "3,000-mile beautiful homeland" section, and "This world It was confirmed by the 15th that the name had been changed to "My Beautiful Homeland."
The deleted word ``3000 ri'' was used to refer to the entire Korean Peninsula, which is about 1,000 kilometers long from north to south.
North Korea has so far not explained why it changed the lyrics of its national anthem.
However, in his speech last month, General Secretary Kim Jong-un once again mentioned that he had shifted to a policy of treating South Korea as a hostile country rather than as a subject of peaceful unification, and also stated that he had changed his policy to treat South Korea as an enemy country rather than as a subject of peaceful reunification. I was told not to use the word.
Since the start of the new year last month, North Korea has made its policy shift even more clear, taking measures such as abolishing its contact point with South Korea and suspending all websites and radio broadcasts aimed at promoting South Korea. I am.