North Korea’s giant concrete “Arch of Reunification” depicted two women in traditional dress leaning towards each other to hold up an image of a united Korean peninsula.
But a week after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described the 30m-tall monument as an “eyesore”, it was gone — a demolition that drove home his renunciation of his country’s long-standing commitment to eventual reunification with the South.
Kim’s dramatic policy shift this month has opened a dangerous new phase in the frozen conflict between the two Koreas, analysts say, with some even fearing that he is laying the ideological groundwork for a new war.
您已阅读10%（625字），剩余90%（5605字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。