North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and former South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the signing of the Pyongyang Joint Declaration in Sept. 2018 | Image: Pyongyang Publishing House
North Korea’s new doctrine governing nuclear weapons violates the “objectives” of the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement, South Korea’s top military official said Monday, the fourth anniversary of the deal’s signing.
The DPRK’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), significantly expanded the conditions for nuclear weapons use on Sept. 8, as leader Kim Jong Un announced a new doctrine that calls for “immediate” and “automatic” nuclear strikes should he be incapacitated.
North Korea’s new doctrine governing nuclear weapons violates the “objectives” of the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement, South Korea’s top military official said Monday, the fourth anniversary of the deal’s signing.
The DPRK’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), significantly expanded the conditions for nuclear weapons use on Sept. 8, as leader Kim Jong Un announced a new doctrine that calls for “immediate” and “automatic” nuclear strikes should he be incapacitated.
Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim