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North Korea on Tuesday made a rare mention of dissenting votes in recent elections, although analysts dismissed it as an attempt to portray an image of a normal society rather than signalling any ...
Parliamentary elections were expected to be held in North Korea in March or April 2024. [1] [2] [3] However, it is considered likely they were delayed or cancelled due to a lack of communication from the North Korean government on the subject, possibly due to efforts by Kim Jong Un to pass an amendment to the constitution before the elections, [3] which would define North Korea as being a ...
According to the Central Election Guidance Committee, the turnout of the election was 99.63%, slightly decreased from 99.98% four years ago, [6] with 0.37% of the population not voting due to being overseas and 0.000078% abstaining from the election. In the provincial assembly elections, 99.91% of votes were in support, with 0.09% against; 99. ...
North Korea has amended its constitution to bolster and expand its nuclear force, with leader Kim Jong Un pointing to the growing cooperation between the United States, South Korea and Japan as ...
January 5 – North Korea fires 200 artillery shells near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, prompting evacuations. [1]January 15 – North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and asks the Supreme People's Assembly to amend the constitution to formally recognize South Korea as a separate state.
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has designated South Korea a "hostile state", its state media said on Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with their ...
Previously, the candidates were solely picked by the WPK, and this change would mark the first competitive elections in North Korea since 1948. [14] The local elections would also drop using the voting system where the voter would cross off the candidate's name to vote against them, switching to using two different colored ballot boxes for ...
The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 사회주의헌법) is the constitution of North Korea. It was approved by the 6th Supreme People's Assembly at its first session on 27 December 1972, and has been amended and supplemented in 1998, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 ...