By enacting and disclosing its policy of using ‘nuclear force’, which is its nuclear power, North Korea strengthened its claim to be a ‘nuclear state’ and made it clear that it would never give up its nuclear weapons.
On the 9th, the Korean Central News Agency reported that the article titled “Acts of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”, “On the Policy of Nuclear Forces,” announced that the policy of nuclear force was adopted as a law at the Supreme People’s Assembly.
The nuclear force policy is numbered from paragraphs 1 to 11 in order, and the mission of nuclear force, the composition of the nuclear force, command and control over nuclear force, the execution of decisions on the use of nuclear weapons, the principle of use of nuclear weapons, the conditions for using nuclear weapons, and the It consisted of ordinary mobilization posture, safe maintenance and protection of nuclear weapons, mass strengthening and renewal of nuclear force, prevention of radio wave, and others.
In Paragraph 3, “Command and Control of Nuclear Forces,” North Korea stated that “the nuclear force is subject to the sole command of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission,” and that “the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission has all the power to make decisions regarding nuclear weapons.” .
“If the command and control system of the state nuclear force is in danger due to an attack by a hostile force, a nuclear strike to destroy the hostile forces including the origin of provocation and the command center is automatically and immediately according to a pre-determined operational plan,” he said. He revealed that he would automatically launch a nuclear counterattack in the event of an attack on Chairman Kim.
In his address to the Supreme People’s Assembly the day before, Chairman Kim Jong-un said, “There is a grave significance of the legalization of the nuclear force policy here, where the line of indecision has been drawn so that we can no longer bargain over our nuclear weapons.” emphasized that it has the meaning of strengthening the legal meaning of
Reporter Eunji Cha, Hankyung.com chachacha@hankyung.com