North Korea has secured the “lawful” right to annihilate South Korea if provoked by recently redefining its policy toward Seoul, leader Kim Jong Un told the country’s military in a visit to the defense ministry headquarters this month. 

The Workers’ Party formally abolished legislation that created space for a special tourism zone near the inter-Korean border. It’s the latest retrenchment from any semblance of North-South cooperation after Kim Jong Un ordered a constitutional change that codifies North and South Korea as separate countries and eliminates the goal of unification. 

February saw a record