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Kim Jong-un assassination would trigger automatic nuclear strike under new North Korean law

North Korea adopted the constitutional revision after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior advisers were reportedly killed during joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting Tehran earlier this year

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May 13, 2026
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North Korea has reportedly revised its constitution to require an automatic nuclear strike if Kim Jong-un is assassinated or the regime’s nuclear command-and-control system is disabled during a foreign attack. South Korean intelligence officials said the amendment establishes retaliatory launch procedures even if …

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