Korean Political History II: Chapter 7, Exercise 3 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== WHAT IT SIGNALS The source says analysts called the change a "de-ethnification" of policy: it treats the two Koreas as separate states, not parts of a single nation, which fits Kim Jong Un's 30 December 2023 statement that they are "separate ethnic nations". WHAT THE SOURCE DOES NOT TELL YOU - When exactly the terminology changed. - Which documents or media adopted it. - The party-side decision behind it (Chapter 3 records only that the party abandoned the reunification goal in 2023).