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North Korean parliament enshrines nuclear ambitions in constitution

2023-09-28 09:36:42       source:The Aljazeera

September 27, 2023


North Korea’s parliament has unanimously moved to enshrine its nuclear programme in the country’s constitution.


The state news agency KCNA reported on the “crucial agenda item” early on Thursday, explaining that the new constitutional amendment would establish North Korea’s pursuit of a nuclear force “as the basic law of the state”.


The news follows a meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday of the Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature. The country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, addressed the assembly to support the passage of the amendment.


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