North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would achieve victory in "anti-imperalist, anti-U.S." battles.

Kim Jong-un famously gave up on reunification in early 2024, when he declared reunification was no longer possible and that South Korea was the primary foe and invariable principal enemy.

With a single step, Kim Jong Un broke with decades of hostility and distrust to become the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory since 1953.