The amendment was passed at the first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly, which began in Pyongyang on March 22.
The South Korean intelligence service informed members of the South Korean government about the records on Thursday.
Killing Kim Jong Un is extremely difficult
Professor Andrei Lankov, a Russian-born professor of history and international relations at Kookmin University in Seoul, told the Telegraph that the possibility of a retaliatory nuclear attack was already common practice, “but now that it is enshrined in the constitution, it has become more important.”
The attacks in Iran were a warning signal for the North Korean dictator. Lankow surmises that the “extraordinary effectiveness of the US-Israeli attacks aimed at eliminating the leaders” must have terrified Pyongyang.
However, an attack aimed at eliminating Kim Jong Un and his inner circle would be much more difficult to carry out than the attacks in Iran. North Korea's borders are virtually closed, and the few foreign diplomats, aid workers and businessmen from “friendly” countries who enter the country are closely surveilled. Lankow believes that a possible retaliatory attack would be directed against the United States rather than South Korea.
