North Korea’s parliament declared at dawn Friday the country a nuclear state, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed that Pyongyang’s possession of nuclear weapons is an irreversible right. Parliament confirmed that leader Kim Jong Un has full authority over decisions on the use of nuclear weapons.
“We will never accept our denuclearization,” Kim said while announcing the signing of a law making his country a nuclear state, adding that “nuclear weapons are the last option if we are subjected to an invasion or an imminent threat,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency..
The North Korean leader pointed out during his speech at the meeting of the Supreme People’s Assembly that there will be no negotiations for the denuclearization of our country. Kim Jong-un stressed that there is great importance in legitimizing the nuclear power policy.
Kim accused the United States of trying to overthrow the North Korean regime by making his country give up its nuclear force and self-defense rights, adding that the United States hopes to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons with strict sanctions. He declared that North Korea will never surrender even after a hundred years of sanctions imposed on his country.
The North Korean leader accuses the administration of US President Joe Biden of pursuing a hostile policy against his country, although the Biden government has repeatedly offered to meet with North Korean officials without preconditions..
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency said that by enacting and disclosing the policy of using “nuclear force”, North Korea reinforced its claim to be a “nuclear state” and made clear its policy of not giving up its nuclear weapons..
In an article titled “The Work of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Nuclear Forces Policy”, the North’s Korean Central News Agency reported that the Nuclear Power Policy Law has been adopted by the Supreme People’s Assembly..
North Korea emphasized that nuclear power is subject to the sole order of the head of the State Affairs Commission and that the head of the State Affairs Commission has all the powers to make decisions on nuclear weapons.
The article, as reported by “Yonhap” agency, said that if the command and control system of the state’s nuclear force is in danger due to an attack by an enemy force, the nuclear strike to destroy the hostile forces including the source of the provocation and command center will be automatically and immediately, and also revealed that it will be launched Automatic nuclear counterattack in the event of an attack on leader Kim.
Yonhap noted that if the command center centered around Kim Jong Un is hit in an emergency situation, the nuclear attack operational plan established for each operational unit will be automatically implemented, noting that this clause confirms that North Korea’s policy of using nuclear weapons is an offensive policy.