South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has denounced opposition politicians’ calls to abandon unification with North Korea as “unconstitutional,” insisting that accepting the existence of two Korean states would be dangerous for regional security.

While he did not name names, Yoon deemed the “sudden” shift in stance on reunification among figures from the previous Moon Jae-in administration as “incomprehensible,” speaking during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. 

“Many of these people, who have devoted their entire lives to the unification movement and talked about unification as if it were their life’s goal, suddenly changed their stance when North Korea claimed the ‘two-state