North Korea Specifies 'Nuclear Force Policy' in Constitution... Kim Jong-un Calls for "Anti-US Solidarity"

Kim Jong-un "Will exponentially increase nuclear weapon production"

North Korea held the Supreme People's Assembly on the 26th and 27th, enshrining its nuclear force policy in the constitution. The nuclear force policy, which was adopted as a law at the Supreme People's Assembly last September, has now been explicitly stated in the nation's highest law, the constitution. Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, emphasized expanding nuclear weapons production and building an anti-American alliance.

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According to the Korean Central News Agency on the 28th, North Korea held the 9th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly for two days starting on the 26th at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, with Chairman Kim Jong Un attending and delivering a speech.

Chairman Kim stated, "Clearly stipulating the policy direction for strengthening nuclear forces in the nation's highest law is not only a pressing demand of the current era but also the most just and appropriate major measure that thoroughly aligns with the legal nature and prospective demands of building a socialist state."

At this meeting, North Korea enshrined its nuclear force policy in the constitution, the nation's highest law. Although the existing preamble of the constitution already mentioned North Korea as a "nuclear-armed state," this time it is significant because the goals and directions of nuclear weapons development were detailed and specified. Choe Ryong Hae, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, who presented the report on the constitutional amendment, stated, "We deliberate and adopt the constitutional amendment supplement to regulate the status of nuclear forces and the principles of state activities regarding nuclear force construction in the socialist constitution, which is the fundamental law of the republic and the great political charter for building a socialist power."

Chairman Kim identified a major future task as "rapidly strengthening nuclear forces quantitatively and qualitatively," emphasizing, "We will exponentially increase nuclear weapons production, realize diversification of nuclear strike means, and vigorously implement the deployment of these across various military branches."

North Korea reported on the 28th through Korean Central TV that at the 9th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly held on the 26th-27th at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, attended by Chairman Kim Jong Un, the issue of "constitutionalizing the policy of strengthening nuclear forces" was presented and adopted "with full support and approval." [Image source=Yonhap News]

Chairman Kim clearly stated his stance of not abandoning nuclear weapons by referring to the current international situation and emphasized building an anti-American alliance diplomatically.

He criticized South Korea and the United States for "resuming large-scale joint nuclear war exercises with clearly aggressive characteristics and bringing nuclear strategic assets to a near-permanent deployment level in the Korean Peninsula region, thereby maximizing the nuclear war threat to our republic to an unprecedented level." He also condemned the trilateral military alliance of South Korea, the United States, and Japan, saying, "By fully establishing the trilateral military alliance system, the 'Asian NATO,' which is the fundamental basis of war and aggression, has finally revealed its true nature," calling it "the greatest practical threat."

Furthermore, Chairman Kim expressed his intention to build an anti-American alliance, stating, "We will further strengthen solidarity with countries that oppose the hegemonic strategies of the United States and the West, firmly upholding revolutionary principles and independent hostility at the forefront of anti-imperialist and autonomous nations."

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