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North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed or loses power

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What to know about North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed or loses power

North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed or loses power North Korea has updated its constitution to require a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated, according to a report.

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What happened

North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed or loses power North Korea has updated its constitution to require a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated, according to a report.

Why it matters

The Telegraph reported the change comes amid heightened global tensions following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other officials during a recent conflict.

Common ground

Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran as part of a coordinated US-Israeli military operation earlier this year, Fox News Digital previously reported.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “North Korea revised its constitution to define its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to reunification”
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Multiple independent sources (Reuters, The Korea Times) confirm that the revised constitution defines North Korea's territory as bordering South Korea and removes references to reunification.
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web search NEUTRAL — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has revised its constitution to define its territory as bordering South Korea and remove references to reunification, according to a draft of the text reviewed by Reut…
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/north-korea/north-korea-revise…
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web search NEUTRAL — North Korea first adopted its constitution in September 1948 and amended it five times before introducing the socialist constitution in 1972. After 12 further amendments, it revised the document again…
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260…
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web search NEUTRAL — North Korea has removed all references to reunification with South Korea from its revised constitution, which now defines the regime's territory as limited to the area north of the inter-Korean armist…
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-05-06/nationa…
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Claim 2: “That marked the first time North Korea included a territorial clause in its constitution”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that this revision marks the first time North Korea has included a territorial clause in its constitution.
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web search NEUTRAL — North Korea's revised constitution has added a new territorial clause and dropped all references to unification, a document showed Wednesday, underscoring Pyongyang's push toward a "two hostile ...
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260…
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web search NEUTRAL — North Korea is reported to have recently revised its constitution, newly establishing a territorial clause and explicitly stating for the first time the authority of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ov…
https://www.chosun.com/english/north-korea-en/2026/05/06/H6L…
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web search NEUTRAL — The revision, believed to have been adopted at a March meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly, Pyongyang's rubber-stamp legislature, marks the first time North Korea has added a territorial ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/north-korea-revises-cons…
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Claim 3: “Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran as part of a coordinated US-Israeli military operation earlier this year”
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Multiple sources confirm the death of Khamenei was the result of coordinated US-Israeli military strikes in Tehran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian state TV confirms reports that Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes and declares a 40-day mourning period.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/irans-supreme-leade…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed on the first day of massive US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump has announced. The death of the 86-year-old ruler of the past three dec…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gdnpjvj4ko
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web search NEUTRAL — But Israel says its opening strikes decimated the chain of command — killing seven senior defense and intelligence officials and targeting 30 top military and civilian leaders overall. Those confirmed…
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/28/iran-khamenei-killed-israel
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Claim 4: “The constitutional revision was approved during a session of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly, which opened March 22 in Pyongyang”
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Web search results specifically state that the constitutional revision was adopted during the first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang on March 22.
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web search NEUTRAL — Politics of North Korea. Constitution. Juche (state ideology). Eternal leaders.Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 15 March 2026 to elect the members of the 15th Supreme People's Assem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_North_Korean_parliamentar…
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web search NEUTRAL — PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: North Korea has amended its constitution to ensure a nuclear strike is launched automatically if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated or incapacitated by a foreign enemy.
https://news.meaww.com/kim-jong-un-amends-north-koreas-const…
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web search NEUTRAL — The constitutional revision was adopted during the first session of North Korea's 15th Supreme People's Assembly held in Pyongyang on March 22, The Telegraph reported.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/north-korea-adopts-policy-fo…
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Claim 5: “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other officials [were killed] during a recent conflict”
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Multiple independent sources, including a Wikipedia entry and news reports, confirm that Ali Khamenei was killed in a series of strikes in Tehran on February 28, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Khamenei's death was confir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Khamenei
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web search NEUTRAL — The Iranian government has declared 40 days of national mourning after Khamenei was killed in a U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730158/israel-iran-str…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian state media have confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at his office in the Israeli-US attacks on Iran, following earlier reports of his killing by US and Israeli ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/irans-supreme-leade…
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Claim 6: “South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) briefed senior government officials this week on the update”
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Fox News and other reports confirm that South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) briefed senior government officials on the constitutional update.
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web search NEUTRAL — North Korea began drafting the present Socialist Constitution as there was a need to set into law the expanding socialist policies and the political, economic and social changes in the country, which …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_North_Korea
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web search NEUTRAL — (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP). South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) briefed senior government officials this week on the update, according to the report.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-updates-constituti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dictator's daughter elected South Korea's first female president".
https://nationalpost.com/category/news/
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Claim 7: “North Korea has updated its constitution to require a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated”
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The claim is reported by multiple independent sources, including Flipboard and web search results citing reports that North Korea amended its constitution to ensure an automatic nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kim Jong Un (born 8 January c. 1982–1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as the supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. He i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kim Pohyŏn (Korean: 김보현; Hanja: 金輔鉉; 3 October 1871 – 2 September 1955) was a farmer from South Pyongan Province. He was the paternal grandfather of the founder of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, the great-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Pohyŏn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kim Jong Il (16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician and dictator who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il
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