South Korea’s Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min Seok today backtracked on his comments made on Monday regarding North Korea’s status as a nation.

Kim criticized the North at a briefing held yesterday in Seoul, saying that North Korea is not a nation and that it exists only for one person.

Kim revised his comments on Tuesday, explaining that it is sad to see the North Korean people suffering, and the remarks were made in the hope of seeing the situation in the DPRK improve.

Kim added that a government’s role is to help its people pursue happiness but that the