Reuters-North Korea parliament amends constitution to enshrine nuclear policy
September 27, 2023 3 min 515 words
这则报道揭示了朝鲜在核政策方面采取的重大举措。朝鲜通过宪法修正案将其核力量政策正式确立为国家基本法律，这显示了该国在核问题上的坚定立场。金正恩领导下的朝鲜政府宣布加速核武器生产，以威慑所谓的美国“挑衅行为”。 这一宪法修正案的通过发生在一年前，当时朝鲜正式将使用先发制人核打击保护自身的权利写入法律中。金正恩呼吁官员们进一步加强与反对美国和西方霸权战略的国家的团结，将美国、韩国和日本的三方合作称为“亚洲版北约”。金正恩警告称，这不是威胁性言辞或虚构实体，而是最严重的实际威胁。 朝鲜领袖最近访俄，并与俄罗斯总统普京达成了增强军事合作的协议。韩国和美国官员表示担忧，担心朝鲜可能在技术上寻求核导弹计划的帮助，而俄罗斯则试图从朝鲜获取军火，以补充其在乌克兰战争中逐渐减少的库存。 这一宪法修正案的公布也发生在朝鲜国家媒体表示将驱逐美国士兵特拉维斯·金（Travis King）的消息后。特拉维斯·金于7月跑入朝鲜境内，但美国表示他目前已在中国被驱逐，正前往美国。 这一报道突显了朝鲜的核问题在国际舞台上引发的紧张局势，以及朝鲜政府坚定捍卫其核力量政策的决心。这也凸显了地区稳定性和安全性的重要性，需要各方保持警惕并寻求通过外交途径解决争端。
North Korea has adopted a constitutional amendment to enshrine its policy on nuclear force, state media reported on Thursday, as the country's leader pledged to accelerate production of nuclear weapons to deter what he called U.S. "provocations."
The North's rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, unanimously adopted "the crucial agenda item for formulating the DPRK's policy on the nuclear force as the basic law of the state," KCNA said. DPRK is the initials of the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Addressing the parliament, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it was important to "accelerate the modernization of nuclear weapons in order to hold the definite edge of strategic deterrence," KCNA reported.
The amendment comes a year after North Korea officially enshrined in law the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself.
Kim urged officials to "further promote solidarity with the nations standing against the U.S. and the West's strategy for hegemony," denouncing trilateral cooperation between the U.S., South Korea and Japan as the "Asian-version NATO."
"This is just the worst actual threat, not threatening rhetoric or an imaginary entity," he said.
Kim returned home last week from a rare trip to Russia during which he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to boost military cooperation.
U.S. and South Korean officials have expressed concern that Pyongyang could be seeking technological help for its nuclear and missile programs while Moscow tries to acquire ammunition from the North to supplement its dwindling stocks for the war in Ukraine.
On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Pyongyang against using nuclear weapon, as Seoul put on the first large-scale military parade in a decade, with weapons ranging from ballistic missiles to tanks rolling through Seoul in a show of force.
The announcement by parliament also comes after North Korean state media said on Wednesday Pyongyang had decided to expel Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July. The U.S. said he is now in American custody and heading home after being expelled into China.