North Korea amends constitution to enshrine nuclear programme

North Korea parliament has unanimously moved to enshrine its nuclear programme in the country’s constitution, hence, the amendment would establish North korea’s pursuit of a nuclear force “as the basic law of the state,” reported Al Jazeera citing state news agency KCNA. The recent development came after meetings of the Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature on Tuesday and Wednesday. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un addressed the assembly to support the amendment.
According to Al Jazeera, Kim called to “accelerate the modernisation of nuclear weapons in order to hold the definite edge of strategic deterrence” against perceived threats, like the United States and South Korea.
“This is a historic event that provided a powerful political lever for remarkably strengthening the national defence capabilities,” Kim added, according to the KCNA.