SEOUL: North Korea’s state media confirmed on Monday what was never in doubt—a 100 percent, no-abstention poll victory for leader Kim Jong-un in the country’s stage-managed parliamentary election.

Every single vote cast on Sunday in Kim’s constituency was for the man who can now add MP to his many titles that include Supreme Commander of the armed forces and chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission.

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