SEOUL: North Korea has stipulated the policy of strengthening its nuclear force in the constitution at a key parliamentary meeting, as leader Kim Jong-un said trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the US, and Japan poses “the worst actual threat”, state media reported on Thursday.
The decision was made at the ninth session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) held on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Kim’s attendance, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
At the session, the North unanimously decided to “supplement Article 58 of Chapter 4 of the Socialist Constitution” to ensure the country’s right to existence and development, deter war and protect regional and global peace by rapidly developing nuclear weapons to a higher level, Kim said.
At an SPA meeting in September last year, North Korea enacted a new nuclear law authorizing the preemptive use of nuclear arms, calling its status of a nuclear state “irreversible”, reports Yonhap News Agency. (IANS)
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