{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"story":{"id":"https://mediabias.news/politics/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","slug":"north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","url":"https://mediabias.news/politics/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","title":"North Korea Reposts Revised Constitution Online","subtitle":"Document removes references to reunification and defines South Korea as a separate state.","excerpt":"North Korea has reposted its full constitution on a state propaganda website. The revised document removes references to reunification with South Korea and defines the country as a separate state, while also elevating Kim Jong Un's status.","category":"Politics","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-11-11T17:25:12.370Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-11-11T12:38:13.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-11T17:25:12.370Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":60,"hype":40,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to a named body, but relies on anonymous sourcing in one report.","critic":"Quotes or right of reply not provided, but facts are clear and story holds together.","hype":"Headline is lively but fair, with mild emphasis on the constitutional changes."}},"tags":["#NorthKorea","#KimJongUn","#Constitution","#SouthKorea","#InternationalRelations"],"entities":["North Korea","Kim Jong Un","South Korea","Naenara","Supreme People's Assembly"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["North Korea has reposted its full constitution on the state propaganda website Naenara.","The revised constitution removes all references to reunification with South Korea.","The document now defines South Korea as a separate country.","The constitution has been updated to elevate Kim Jong Un's status and power, including command of nuclear forces."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"North Korea has reposted its full constitution on the state propaganda website Naenara. The revised text, which appears to be the version amended on March 23, 2026, had been taken offline more than two and a half years prior. The removal followed leader Kim Jong Un's declaration of a policy defining the two Koreas as separate, hostile states and his order to remove expressions of peaceful unification and national unity from the constitution."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The newly posted constitution largely mirrors a version obtained by Seoul's unification ministry in May 2026. This version added a new territorial clause, dropped all references to unification, and elevated Kim Jong Un's status and power, granting him command of nuclear forces. Some minor additions in the Naenara version specify that important issues regarding the cabinet's duties are decided at plenary meetings, with other matters determined at standing meetings."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on timing"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Korea Times reported that the version posted on Naenara appears to be the text revised in March 2026. Life.ru stated that North Korea recognized South Korea as a separate state 81 years after separation. TV9 Hindi reported that North Korea amended its constitution after 54 years. Unknown reported the release was 2 years and 8 months after March 2024."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left, centre, or right-rated digests mention the specific date of March 23, 2026, as the revision date for the constitution, although The Korea Times digest implies it. The digests also do not detail the specific minor additions regarding cabinet meeting decisions mentioned in The Korea Times' full report."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"www.cnews.fr","url":"https://cnews.fr/monde/2026-11-11/la-coree-du-nord-publie-une-nouvelle-version-de-sa-constitution-et-abandonne-les","headline":"North Korea Publishes a New Version of Its Constitution and Abandons the Terms \"Peaceful Reunification\" and \"National Unity\"","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T17:18:30.638Z"},{"sourceName":"Times of India","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/north-korea-revises-constitution-calls-south-korea-separate-state-drops-reunification-goal/articleshow/135744366.cms","headline":"North Korea revises constitution, calls South Korea separate state & drops reunification goal","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T17:06:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"London Loves Business","url":"https://londonlovesbusiness.com/?p=242582","headline":"Kim Jong-un takes direct command of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal under revised constitution - London Business News","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T15:57:54.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Life.ru","url":"https://life.ru/p/kndr-spustya-81-god-priznala-yuzhnuyu-koreyu-otdelnym-gosudarstvom","headline":"Democratic People ' S Republic of Korea Recognized South Korea as a Separate State 81 Years Later","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T12:38:13.000Z"},{"sourceName":"EADaily","url":"https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2026/11/11/v-kndr-oficialno-priznali-yuzhnuyu-koreyu-otdelnym-gosudarstvom","headline":"The Democratic People ' S Republic of Korea Officially Recognized South Korea as a Separate State","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T12:36:16.210Z"},{"sourceName":"TV9 Hindi","url":"https://tv9hindi.com/world/north-korea-amended-constitution-kim-jong-un-and-nuclear-program-3960534.html","headline":"North Korea Changes Constitution After 54 Years, Takes Major Decision Regarding Kim Jong UN and Nuclear Weapons","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T12:19:50.000Z"},{"sourceName":"UPI","url":"https://upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/11/11/North-Korea-revised-constitution-reunification-Naenara/2891794386175","headline":"North Korea posts revised constitution dropping reunification goal","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T09:11:23.580Z"},{"sourceName":"NK News","url":"https://nknews.org/?p=981954","headline":"North Korea posts text of revised constitution, confirming Kim’s expanded powers","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T08:42:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"asiae.co.kr","url":"https://asiae.co.kr/article/2026111116475561988","headline":"North Korea Re-Releases Preamble to Revised Constitution… Designates South Korea as 'Southern Border State'","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:47:55.000Z"},{"sourceName":"news-pravda.com","url":"https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/11/11/2734627.html","headline":"North Korea has resumed publication of its updated constitution","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:30:48.000Z"},{"sourceName":"topwar.ru","url":"https://topwar.ru/293324-v-kndr-vernuli-publikaciju-obnovlennoj-konstitucii-strany.html","headline":"The Publication of the Country ' S Updated Constitution Was Returned to the Democratic People ' S Republic of Korea","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:25:45.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Korea Times","url":"https://koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261111/north-korea-posts-revised-constitution-online-on-propaganda-website","headline":"North Korea Posts Revised Constitution Online on Propaganda Website","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:15:03.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Unknown","url":"https://imaeil.com/page/view/2026111115254688428","headline":"Formalization of North Korea's 'Two National Route'... Revised Constitution and Revised","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T06:45:14.032Z"},{"sourceName":"연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency","url":"https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261111007300315","headline":"N. Korea posts revised constitution online on propaganda website","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T06:37:03.000Z"},{"sourceName":"korean-vibe.com","url":"https://korean-vibe.com/article/179563368541902","headline":"N. Korea posts revised constitution online on propaganda website","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T06:37:03.000Z"},{"sourceName":"koreajoongangdaily.com","url":"https://koreajoongangdaily.com/korea/north-korea-unveils-revised-constitution-reflecting-two-hostile-states-policy/12967144","headline":"North Korea unveils revised constitution reflecting 'two hostile states' policy","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T05:53:58.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":11,"centre":22,"right":67},"count":{"left":1,"centre":2,"right":6},"totalSources":16,"untracked":7,"rated":9,"observedAt":"2026-11-11T18:30:30.767719+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-11-11T19:00:29.380Z","closedAt":null,"checks":5,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":["The Korea Times, the sole left-rated report, led with North Korea reposting its full constitution on a state propaganda website. It noted the document was taken offline more than 2 1/2 years ago following Kim Jong Un's declaration of a two hostile state policy. The report stated the revised constitution removes references to unification and defines South Korea as a separate country, while also elevating Kim Jong Un's status and power, including command of nuclear forces. It mentioned minor additions in the Naenara version regarding decision-making at cabinet meetings."],"centre":["UPI and NK News, the two centre-rated reports, both highlighted that North Korea posted a revised constitution online that removes reunification goals and defines South Korea as a separate country. NK News specifically noted that the text confirmed previously reported changes redefining the country’s territory and strengthening leader Kim Jong Un’s authority. Both reports mentioned the official web portal Naenara published the text."],"right":["EADaily, news-pravda.com, topwar.ru, and Yonhap News Agency, the four right-rated reports, focused on North Korea officially recognizing South Korea as a separate state. EADaily stated South Korea is now defined as a state bordering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the south. News-pravda.com and topwar.ru noted that North Korea has resumed publication of its updated constitution, with amendments introduced on March 23 at the first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly. Yonhap News Agency's digest also reported North Korea reposting its full constitution on a state propaganda website."],"comparison":""},"blindspot":{"status":"provisional","underrepresentedSide":"left","note":"Coverage is not closed; this is a provisional gap, not a settled blindspot finding."},"sourceFactualityDistribution":{"veryLow":1,"low":1,"mixed":2,"high":3,"unknown":7,"veryHigh":2},"ownershipDistribution":{"mediaConglomerate":1,"billionaire":1,"government":1,"independent":2,"corporation":1},"firstDatedReport":{"sourceName":"koreajoongangdaily.com","url":"https://koreajoongangdaily.com/korea/north-korea-unveils-revised-constitution-reflecting-two-hostile-states-policy/12967144","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T05:53:58.000Z"},"countries":[{"country":"Seoul, Seoul, South Korea","count":1},{"country":"Seoul, South Korea","count":1},{"country":"Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States","count":1},{"country":"Washington, District of Columbia, United States","count":1},{"country":"India","count":1},{"country":"Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France","count":1}],"outlets":[{"name":"koreajoongangdaily.com","url":"https://koreajoongangdaily.com/korea/north-korea-unveils-revised-constitution-reflecting-two-hostile-states-policy/12967144","headline":"North Korea unveils revised constitution reflecting 'two hostile states' policy","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T05:53:58.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency","url":"https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261111007300315","headline":"N. Korea posts revised constitution online on propaganda website","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T06:37:03.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Seoul, Seoul, South Korea","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"korean-vibe.com","url":"https://korean-vibe.com/article/179563368541902","headline":"N. Korea posts revised constitution online on propaganda website","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T06:37:03.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Unknown","url":"https://imaeil.com/page/view/2026111115254688428","headline":"Formalization of North Korea's 'Two National Route'... Revised Constitution and Revised","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T06:45:14.032Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"The Korea Times","url":"https://koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261111/north-korea-posts-revised-constitution-online-on-propaganda-website","headline":"North Korea Posts Revised Constitution Online on Propaganda Website","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:15:03.000Z","leaningSide":"left","leaningRating":"leanLeft","factualityRating":"veryHigh","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Seoul, South Korea","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"topwar.ru","url":"https://topwar.ru/293324-v-kndr-vernuli-publikaciju-obnovlennoj-konstitucii-strany.html","headline":"The Publication of the Country ' S Updated Constitution Was Returned to the Democratic People ' S Republic of Korea","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:25:45.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"right","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"news-pravda.com","url":"https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/11/11/2734627.html","headline":"North Korea has resumed publication of its updated constitution","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:30:48.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"right","factualityRating":"veryLow","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"asiae.co.kr","url":"https://asiae.co.kr/article/2026111116475561988","headline":"North Korea Re-Releases Preamble to Revised Constitution… Designates South Korea as 'Southern Border State'","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T07:47:55.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"NK News","url":"https://nknews.org/?p=981954","headline":"North Korea posts text of revised constitution, confirming Kim’s expanded powers","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T08:42:00.000Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"UPI","url":"https://upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/11/11/North-Korea-revised-constitution-reunification-Naenara/2891794386175","headline":"North Korea posts revised constitution dropping reunification goal","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T09:11:23.580Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"veryHigh","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Washington, District of Columbia, United States","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"TV9 Hindi","url":"https://tv9hindi.com/world/north-korea-amended-constitution-kim-jong-un-and-nuclear-program-3960534.html","headline":"North Korea Changes Constitution After 54 Years, Takes Major Decision Regarding Kim Jong UN and Nuclear Weapons","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T12:19:50.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"EADaily","url":"https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2026/11/11/v-kndr-oficialno-priznali-yuzhnuyu-koreyu-otdelnym-gosudarstvom","headline":"The Democratic People ' S Republic of Korea Officially Recognized South Korea as a Separate State","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T12:36:16.210Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"low","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Life.ru","url":"https://life.ru/p/kndr-spustya-81-god-priznala-yuzhnuyu-koreyu-otdelnym-gosudarstvom","headline":"Democratic People ' S Republic of Korea Recognized South Korea as a Separate State 81 Years Later","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T12:38:13.000Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"London Loves Business","url":"https://londonlovesbusiness.com/?p=242582","headline":"Kim Jong-un takes direct command of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal under revised constitution - London Business News","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T15:57:54.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Times of India","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/north-korea-revises-constitution-calls-south-korea-separate-state-drops-reunification-goal/articleshow/135744366.cms","headline":"North Korea revises constitution, calls South Korea separate state & drops reunification goal","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T17:06:00.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"India","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"cnews.fr","url":"https://cnews.fr/monde/2026-11-11/la-coree-du-nord-publie-une-nouvelle-version-de-sa-constitution-et-abandonne-les","headline":"North Korea Publishes a New Version of Its Constitution and Abandons the Terms \"Peaceful Reunification\" and \"National Unity\"","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T17:18:30.638Z","leaningSide":null,"leaningRating":"unknown","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France","repostedFrom":null}]},"assessment":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"citation":{"recommended":"MediaBias News, \"North Korea Reposts Revised Constitution Online\", https://mediabias.news/politics/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","canonicalUrl":"https://mediabias.news/politics/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","instructions":["Cite and link the canonical article URL, not the API, markdown mirror, homepage, or an original outlet URL.","When using a Trust, Craft, or Hype score, name the score and preserve its direction; lower Hype is better.","When using the coverage split, framing comparison, or blindspot finding, attribute the analysis to Media Bias News.","Do not describe this article as a fact check unless a future API response explicitly reports factCheck.status as performed."]},"links":{"canonical":"https://mediabias.news/politics/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","json":"https://mediabias.news/api/v1/stories/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online","markdown":"https://mediabias.news/politics/north-korea-reposts-revised-constitution-online.md","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology"}}}