2023-09-28 04:15:00
The North Korean regime modified the Constitution to register the status of a nuclear power. (EFE/ARCHIVE)
Kim Jong-un’s regime incorporated the status of a nuclear power into North Korea’s Constitution, the official KCNA news agency confirmed on Thursday.
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“The policy of building a nuclear force of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) has been permanently established as a basic law of the State, which no one can circumvent by any means,” said the North Korean dictator during a meeting of the People’s Assembly. of the country held on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to KCNA.
Addressing Parliament, he also said that this is a “very important” measure to “accelerate the modernization of nuclear weapons in order to maintain the definitive advantage of strategic deterrence capability.”
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A year ago, the People’s Assembly passed a law declaring North Korea a nuclear power, and Kim said this status was “irreversible.” The legislation also allowed the preventive use of this type of weapons.
Now, this legislative body controlled by the North Korean leadership goes one step further and inscribes this status in the Constitution itself.
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“It is a historic event that provides powerful political support to significantly strengthen national defense capabilities,” concluded Kim Jong-un.
Dictator Kim Jong-un maintained that it is a “very important” measure to “accelerate the modernization of nuclear weapons.” (EUROPA PRESS)
This announcement came just one day after the Pyongyang dictatorship once again threatened nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. The “continued hysteria of the United States and its allies in terms of nuclear confrontation (…) is bringing the Korean peninsula to a military situation on the brink of nuclear war,” warned Pyongyang ambassador Kim Song, in a speech before the UN General Assembly.
The North Korean regime has carried out a record number of weapons tests this year, during which speculation has grown about a nuclear test that would be the seventh in its history and the first since 2017.
It also increased tension with South Korea and the United States, which have intensified joint military exercises in the area.
Diplomacy is at a standstill and the possibility of negotiating a denuclearization of the peninsula seems negligible.
The armies of South Korea and the United States this week began naval maneuvers that include live fire and anti-submarine exercises in the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in both Koreas) in response to Pyongyang’s latest actions.
Two maritime patrol planes and nine ships participated in the drill, which lasted until Wednesday, including two submarines and destroyers of the South Korean Naval Forces.
On the American side, the destroyer USS Shoup equipped with the Aegis system and the cruiser USS Robert Smalls took part.
The North Korean regime has carried out a record number of weapons tests this year. (REUTERS/FILE)
The exercises have been designed “to strengthen allies’ interoperability capabilities at a time when nuclear and missile threats are intensifying, including the recent launch of what North Korea says is a space launch vehicle and the presentation of a new submarine,” according to the text issued by Washington and Seoul.
A couple of weeks ago, Pyongyang launched a new “tactical nuclear strike submarine”, its first submersible capable of launching ballistic missiles (SSB) and designed to have operational capabilities.
In turn, the Kim Jong-un regime launched a space rocket on August 24 with which it tried to put its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit, without success.
It was the second failed attempt in this area made this year by North Korea, which announced that it would try again to place a spy satellite in Earth orbit in October.
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