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North Korea to automatically fire nuclear weapon if Kim Jong-un is assassinated: Reports
short by Medhaa Gupta / on Saturday, 9 May, 2026
North Korea will "automatically and immediately" fire a nuclear weapon if the country's leader Kim Jong-un is assassinated or incapacitated in an attack by a foreign adversary, as per reports. The new policy was reportedly adopted in March after Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes. It was made public during an intelligence briefing in South Korea.
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