Kim Jong Un has been elected to the Supreme People’s Assembly, winning every vote in his district, state media reported.
Sunday’s election, the first to take place since Kim took power in late 2011, also featured a 100 percent turnout rate, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Kim Jong Un has been elected to the Supreme People’s Assembly, winning every vote in his district, state media reported.
Sunday’s election, the first to take place since Kim took power in late 2011, also featured a 100 percent turnout rate, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a production editor for The South China Morning Post and chief editor of NK News. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.