Chilling satellite images show Kim Jong-un has BLOWN UP a 60-metre-long 'reunification arch' in a threatening sign of defiance against the West
KIM Jong-un appears to have blown up a large monument in North Korea's capital that symbolized the hope for unity of the entire nation.
The move is believed to have been a conscious choice the dictatorindicating that he refuses to unite with his country's 'enemy', the South.
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Chilling satellite photos taken on January 8 and later on January 23 appear to show the monument standing tall before being replaced by a gaping hole in the city's capital, Pyongyang.
North Korean tyrant Kim had previously criticized the “eye-sore” arch for representing “appeasement” with the South amid rising tensions between the two countries.
The arch, known as the Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification, depicts two women from North Korea and South Korea holding hands.
The arc is visible in the first image, but not in the second, according to a report from an online outlet that monitors North Korea, NK News.
In the aerial photo taken on January 23, a large dark dent appears to have formed in the ground where the monument once stood.
The Sun could not independently confirm that the Arch of Reunification had been demolished.
It remains unclear exactly when and how it was removed, but it was last seen in a photo taken on January 19.
The apparent demolition comes after Kim on January 15 called the arch an “eyesore” and ordered its “complete removal… to completely eliminate concepts such as 'reunification', 'reconciliation' and 'compatriots' from national politics. history of our Republic”.
He also ordered that the constitution be amended to declare the South a “principal enemy and unchangeable principal enemy,” official media reported.
Completed in 2001, the iconic monument was approximately 30 meters high and 60 meters wide.
The women in the statue hold an emblem representing the outline of the entire Korean Peninsula, according to a now-deleted page on the DPRK-run website Naenara.
The page read: “It emphasizes that the Koreans are a homogeneous nation with one territory, the same blood and one language from ancient times, and that all compatriots must engage in the struggle for national reunification, faithful to the three charters. “
The three charters for national reunification, proposed by former North Korea President Kim Il Sung in 1972, are independence, peaceful reunification and national unity.
Tensions between North and South have flared again after intensified military exercises by South Korean and US forces in response to weapons tests by North Korea.
Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo-Jong this month promised to unleash an “immediate military attack” on the South at the “slightest provocation”.
Days later, the supreme leader of North Korea threatened to destroy his country's 'main enemy'claiming “no intention to avoid war”, according to state media.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off the East Coast on January 14 at the first provocative launch of 2024.
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the time: “Our military detected a suspected medium-range ballistic missile launched from the Pyongyang area towards the East Sea around 2:55 p.m.”
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin have ever since agreed to form a “New World Order”. and unite against the United States.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two countries wanted to promote their strategic and tactical cooperation to defend their core interests and establish a “new multi-polarized international order.”
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