North Korea erases goal of unification from party charter

North Korea has formally removed its goal of reunification with South Korea from the charter of its ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, while expanding leader Kim Jong-un’s authority and further stripping away references to the legacy of his predecessors, the document showed Thursday. The revisions provide the clearest documentary evidence yet of how Pyongyang has institutionalized its “two hostile states” policy toward Seoul while simultaneously reshaping the ruling party around Kim’s leadership. T