An official atlas of North Korea

> the war was won by the communists and since then, the entire Korean peninsula has remained united under the rule of the Korean Workers’ Party.

This makes me wonder what the reasoning is, or even if they officially do, for preventing North Korean citizens from migrating south? If it's all united as one country then why would someone be prevented from moving there?

From what I understand about North Korea - simply moving within (actual) NK itself is not really on the cards for a lot of people, so they might as well claim sovereignty over the whole peninsular.

Yeah, my initial thought was something along the lines of all actions are subject to the approval of the party.

I'd presume it's like the Soviets, where moving cities required permission.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propiska_in_the_Soviet_Union

Id think this being the 'official' political position , it would be referring to the end of hostilities when the armistice was signed.Legally there was no ceasefire/capitulation etc and i would suggest as far as the North are concerned barring outside interference they would have prevailed. Hence the stressing of the position that they are one entity 'politically' - certainly not that 'physically' they are one untit , also why they would hold/reunification talks from time to time and family relatives exchanges between the two.

They are cognizant that there is a DMZ , and that theere exists a polity on the south that keeps sending usb filled baloons , propaganda loudspeakes blaring on the Border. So mostly a poltical position being staked out , which is also why the maps only have Palestine and Western Sahara.Not because they are unaware of the situation insitu but geopilitically they are staking their claims.

It's more than that, it's probably a ideological thing from the very top. Just like how the PRC insists that Taiwan is just another weird territory like HK or Macau.

That’s true. Technically, they’re still at war so it could be something to the effect of, “don’t go down there where the war is”.

I found this interesting too:

> In the one [map] for Jordan, it is also clarified that Palestine is a territory under Israeli occupation.

Isn't it great that the west is slowly catching up to North Korea.