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Young students of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League are seen during a tour of the Central Class Education House in Pyongyang, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 19. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

North Korea calls South Korea 'No. 1 hostile country' at indoctrination center

A major indoctrination facility in North Korea displayed banners calling South Korea the "No. 1 hostile country" and inciting public animosity against Seoul, photos released by the North's media showed Monday.

2026.1.19

[Column] Redefining North Korea as our ‘main enemy’

By publishing the 2022 Defense White Paper, the Ministry of National Defense announced that the white paper based on the principle of peace through powers has returned.

2023.3.7

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Although the 2020 Defense White Paper (left) makes only a vague reference to 'forces that threaten our territory, people and property' as South Korea's 'enemy,' the 2022 Defense White Paper (right) that was released on Thursday explicitly uses that term to refer to the North Korean regime and military. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

South Korea's 2022 Defense White Paper calls North an 'enemy'

South Korea’s defense ministry refers to the North Korean regime and military as the “enemy” in its latest policy document, marking the return of the label after six years of failed rapprochement and escalating illegal weapons testing by Pyongyang.

2023.2.16

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, speaks to the South Korean Army’s Akh unit in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

After 'enemy' remark, Iran calls Yoon Suk Yeol 'meddlesome'

The Korean Foreign Ministry and presidential office played down Tehran's ire over remarks by President Yook Suk Yeol on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in which he called Iran an "enemy."

2023.1.17

North Korea is the enemy again

The Yoon administration must normalize this definition of our enemy to bring people down to earth.

2022.12.6

North Korea test fires a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport on Nov. 18, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Nov. 19. [YONHAP]

Pendulum swings and North to be described as 'enemy' again

South Korea’s military will once again refer to North Korea’s political leadership and armed forces as “enemies” in the first defense white paper to be published under the conservative administration of President Yoon Suk-yeol.