Kim Jong Un voted in the election for North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday, according to state media, casting his ballot at a coal mine in a move that underscored the importance of the sector for his economic development goals.

The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that the DPRK leader voted at the Chonsong Youth Coal Mine, which is part of the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex in South Phyongan Province. 

Kim reportedly cast his ballot for the coal mine manager Jo Chol Ho and encouraged him to fully exercise “his responsibility and duty as a genuine representative of