The real question here might be: "What constitutes threatening the sovereignty of North Korea?"
Because this could mean almost anything. For example, the movie where Un was killed by someone in the movie could be considered such a threatening act. So, this is pretty nuts.
However, the first time North Korea used a nuclear weapon on someone likely the whole nation of North Korea would disappear in a flash the way the world is right now.
Kim Jong Un: We'll only use nuclear weapons if sovereignty threatened
| CNN | - |
Seoul,
South Korea (CNN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country
would not use a nuclear weapon unless its sovereignty is encroached by
"invasive hostile forces with nuclear weapons," according to the
country's state news agency KCNA.
Kim Jong Un: We'll only use nuclear weapons if sovereignty threatened

North Korea to promote leader Kim Jong Un 01:47
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would not use a nuclear
weapon unless its sovereignty is encroached by "invasive hostile forces
with nuclear weapons," according to the country's state news agency
KCNA.
He made the remarks
Saturday at the ruling Workers' Party of Korea's Seventh Congress in
Pyongyang, which began the day before.
Kim
also reportedly said North Korea will faithfully fulfill its nuclear
nonproliferation obligations and make an effort to realize global
denuclearization.
In his 15-minute opening speech Friday, Kim touted the country's weapons development, saying they had "elevated our respect to the world and enemies."
In
January, Pyongyang announced that it had successfully tested a
thermonuclear device, which, if true, would mark a significant advance
in its nuclear capabilities.
It
has since made a number of public demonstrations of its nuclear
program's advancement, including rocket and submarine-based missile
tests. It also announced it had miniaturized a warhead in early March.
North Korea's 'golden age?'
Kim
also said during his opening remarks that the congress would review the
party's "brilliant successes" and put together tasks to "keep ushering
in a great golden age of socialist construction."
The
country's provocative nuclear stance has triggered some of the harshest
U.N. sanctions imposed against North Korea and irritated his most
powerful ally, China.
The sole
remaining symbol of cooperation with South Korea -- the Kaesong
Industrial Complex near the demilitarized zone -- has also shut down
during his tenure.
No Chinese officials were invited to the party congress, according to Chinese state media.
Kim
appears determined to project the image of self-reliance as his
impoverished country defies international condemnation by chasing its
nuclear ambitions.
At the same
time, Kim has promised to take measures to improve the living standards
of North Koreans, the other element of his two-prong, so-called
"Byongjin" policy of economic and nuclear advancement.
To outside observers, the two goals seem contradictory and implausible.
The
congress is the first in the country for 36 years. Friday saw around
3,000 party members and more than 100 international media outlets pour
in for this once-in-a-generation political gathering, officials told
CNN.
Details of the gathering had
been kept secret from the foreign press and the North Korean public
until a Friday evening news bulletin.
The
previous one, in 1980, marked the naming of Kim's father, Kim Jong Il,
as successor to his own father, North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, as
leader of the reclusive nation.


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