兩國制
On October 17, North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency announced that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had amended its constitution to formally label the Republic of Korea as a “hostile state.”
10月17日，北韓朝鮮中央通訊社宣布，朝鮮民主主義人民共和國已修改憲法，正式將大韓民國列為「敵對國」。
amend(v.)修訂、修正、修改(法律、文件等)label…as…給～貼上～的標籤;將～列為～hostile(adj.)不友好的;敵對的
This announcement came several days after the North Korean military “blew up deeply symbolic roads and railways connecting the two Koreas,” acting on Pyongyang’s pledge to “permanently” close its southern border.
這一公告發表的前幾天，北韓軍方「炸毀了極具象徵意義、連接兩韓的公路和鐵路」，並按照平壤的宣誓，「永遠」關閉南方邊界。
blow up炸毀symbolic(adj.)代表的;象徵的act on基於～行動、根據～行事pledge(n.)誓言;諾言;保證
Since January, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has adopted an increasingly antagonistic stance toward South Korea.
自今年1月以來，北韓領袖金正恩對南韓採取了愈加敵對的態度。
antagonistic(adj.)對抗的、對立的、敵對的、敵意的stance(n.)(尤指公開表明的)觀點;立場
At that time, he asserted that peaceful reunification — a longstanding DPRK objective — was “no longer possible,” leading him to urge the Supreme People’s Assembly to amend the constitution and designate South Korea as North Korea’s “principal enemy.”
當時，他宣稱和平統一——北韓長期的目標——「不再可能」，並敦促最高人民會議修訂憲法，將南韓列為北韓的「主要敵人」。
assert(v.)斷言;肯定地說、主張;維護;堅持reunification(n.)重新統一designate(v.)指定、選定、委派
Around the same time, satellite images revealed the dismantling of the Arch of Reunification, a North Korean monument symbolizing “hope for reconciliation with the South.”
與此同時，衛星影像顯示，象徵著「與南方和解的希望」的北韓紀念碑「統一門」已拆除。
dismantle(v.)拆開;拆卸monument(n.)紀念碑symbolize(v.)象徵reconciliation(n.)和解;和好
KCNA described the severance of transportation links in October as an “inevitable and legitimate measure” to align with the new “hostile” designation of the South.
朝中社將10月份斷絕交通聯繫的行動描述為「不可避免且正當的措施」，以配合南方新「敵對國」稱號。
severance(n.)(聯繫、關係等的)斷絕、中斷、分離、資遣費，遣散費legitimate(adj.)合法的;正當的;法律允許的align with與...保持一致designation(n.)指定地區;指定事物
Furthermore, the state media reported that these actions are “part of the phased complete separation” of DPRK’s sovereign territory from that of the ROK.
報導進一步指出，這些行動是北韓主權領土與南韓主權領土「分階段地實現分離」的一部分。
phased(adj.)分階段的sovereign territory主權領土
Experts were surprised by the announcement of just a single amendment, as North Korean state media typically releases a summary of multiple amendments following Supreme People’s Assembly meetings.
專家對此次僅公布單一修憲案感到意外，因為北韓媒體通常會在最高人民會議後，公布多項憲法修正案的摘要。
amendment(n.)修改;修訂;修正
However, no such summary was issued after the early October session of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament.
然而，在10月初召開最高人民會議後，並未發布此類摘要。
rubber-stamp(通常指毫無異議地)批准、通過
This amendment alone could completely upend the DPRK-ROK dynamic, potentially shifting it from a “special relationship… aimed at eventual reunification” to a formalized two-state system.
單是這項修正案就可能完全顛覆北韓與南韓之間的關係，從「以最終統一為目標的特殊關係」轉變為正式的兩國體制。
upend(v.)顛倒;顛覆dynamic(n.)互動aim at目的在於;旨在;致力於formalize(v.)使正式化
With escalating tensions on both sides of the border, this development threatens to complicate future diplomatic efforts between the two nations.
隨著邊境兩邊的緊張局勢不斷升級，這一發展有可能使兩國之間未來的外交努力變得複雜。
escalating tensions緊張局勢升級complicate(v.)使複雜化;使更麻煩diplomatic(adj.)外交的