public support for reunification has been rapidly declining in recent decades, especially among the younger generation. Polls in 2025 showed that, for the first time in history, a majority of South Koreans did not favour reunification with the North. In 2026, North Korea withdrew its claim to sovereignty over South Korea by defining its territory as "bordering the Republic of Korea" in a new constitutional amendment.

Background

The current division of the Korean Peninsula is the result of decisions taken at the end of World War II.

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