FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
North Korea has updated its constitution to call for a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed, according to a report.
The Telegraph newspaper reported that the change comes amid heightened global tensions following the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other officials during a recent conflict.
Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran as part of a coordinated US-Israeli military operation earlier this year, Fox News Digital previously reported.
The constitutional revision was approved during a session of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, which opened on March 22 in Pyongyang, media said. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) briefed senior government officials this week on the update, according to the report.
The revised policy outlines procedures for retaliatory action if North Korea's leadership is incapacitated or assassinated.
" If the command and control system over the state's nuclear forces is jeopardized by attacks by hostile forces... a nuclear attack will be launched automatically and immediately," the updated provision states.
Reuters previously reported that North Korea revised its constitution to define its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to reunification, reflecting Kim's attempt to officially treat the two Koreas as separate states.
It marked the first time North Korea has included a territorial clause in its constitution. Last month, Kim vowed to further strengthen the country's nuclear capabilities while maintaining a tough stance toward South Korea, which he has called the "most hostile" state.
Kim has also accused the United States of "state terrorism and aggression" and signaled that North Korea could take a more active role in defiance of Washington amid rising global tensions.
Lini një Përgjigje