At a rubber-stamp parliament this month, Kim Jong Un declared that North Korea will remain a nuclear state “as long as imperialism exists on Earth.”
At first glance, there was nothing new or surprising in this statement, which Kim made in a speech introducing the regime’s new nuclear law: As early as 2012, North Korea amended its constitution to include a reference to the country’s nuclear status. Already some have argued the new policy changes little.
At a rubber-stamp parliament this month, Kim Jong Un declared that North Korea will remain a nuclear state “as long as imperialism exists on Earth.”
At first glance, there was nothing new or surprising in this statement, which Kim made in a speech introducing the regime’s new nuclear law: As early as 2012, North Korea amended its constitution to include a reference to the country’s nuclear status. Already some have argued the new policy changes little.
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