Kim elected with 100 percent of the vote - KCNA

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Kim elected with 100 percent of the vote – KCNA

Results in other districts may be monitored to track Kim's consolidation of power

Rob York March 10, 2014

KCNA

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

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.

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