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.
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