North Korea Adds Automatic Nuclear Strike Rule for Threats to Kim Jong Un
South Korean intelligence said the revision makes regime survival a nuclear red line and requires an immediate strike if command is threatened.
- North Korea has revised its constitution to automatically launch a nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed or incapacitated in an attack.
- South Korean intelligence officials disclosed the constitutional change during a parliamentary briefing, saying the revisions outline conditions for nuclear use, including scenarios involving a decapitation strike against the regime's leadership.
- The revised constitution removes references to reunification with South Korea and defines the two Koreas as separate states, marking a break from policy centered on eventual reunification.
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Following the elimination of Ali Khamenei by Israel and the United States in Iran on February 28, the dictatorship led by Kim Jong-un is taking action. Source link: https://www.liberation.fr/international/asie-pacifique/la-coree-du-nord-modifie-sa-constitution-pour-declencher-une-frappe-nucleaire-automatique-en-cas-dassassinat-de-kim-jong-un-20260511_KMLYRUTGPJER3JFAKOF7KT4W4U/ Author: LIBERATION Publish date: 2026-05-11 18:52:00 Copyright for s…
After the elimination on 28 February of Ali Khamenei by Israel and the United States in Iran, the dictatorship led by Kim Jong-un is taking action.
Kim Jong Un Assassination Fears Erupt — North Korea Issues New Law 'Demanding' Automatic Nuclear Attack If Dictator Is Killed
The new rule comes months after Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other top officials, were "obliterated" by U.S. and Israeli forces, and seems especially aimed at President Trump.
North Korea Adopts Law Mandating Automatic Nuclear Strike if Kim Jong Un Is Killed
North Korea has updated its constitution to include a provision requiring the military to automatically launch a nuclear strike if the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is killed, according to The Telegraph on May 11. We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field. DONATE NOW In the revised constitution, Kim Jong Un is now identified as the President of the State Affairs Commission and is explicitly designated as th…
North Korea has amended its constitution to commit its military to a nuclear retaliatory strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed by a foreign adversary, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported, citing South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS). The amendment comes after the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and many of his closest advisers at the start of a US-Israeli war against Iran.
Israel and the U.S. are hit by a fatal blow to the country's top leader right at the beginning of the Iran war. This seems to scare North Korea as well. If dictator Kim now has a similar fate, Pyongyang probably has an exact retaliation plan.
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