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News North Koreans vote in parliamentary electionsState media urges citizens to give their "absolute support" to the ruling party
North Korea held nationwide elections to its rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) on Sunday, the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The vote — the second since Kim Jong Un took power — sees North Koreans citizens elect deputies to all 687 seats in the 14th SPA for five year terms. “The election of deputies to the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK is underway,” KCNA reported. “As of 12:00, 56.76 percent of all the electors registered on the voter rolls cast their votes.” The DPRK last held elections in 2014, after which the KCNA said that 99.97% of © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |