North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed by foreign power
North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed by foreign power By Emily Crane Published May 10, 2026, 9:20 a.m. ET North Korea’s constitution now calls for an immediate retaliatory nuclear missile strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed by a foreign power. The change, believed to have been adopted earlier this year, was made soon after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was wiped out in the US-Israeli strikes, the Telegraph reported. “If the command-and-control system over the state’s nuclear forces is placed in danger by hostile forces’ attacks … a nuclear strike shall be launched automatically and immediately,” the revised Article 3 of North Korea’s nuclear-policy law now reads. The revision, likely agreed on by the Supreme People’s Assembly, was only made public at a South Korean government intelligence briefing last week. While the North Korean dictator already has control of the country’s nuclear forces, the...