North Korea has held these local elections every four years since 1999 and the number of seats is determined by the population of each area, although the process is considered a mere formality ...

North Korea’s elections are over, ... Kim Yo Jong, 28 year old sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, votes in North Korea's 2015 local elections. KCTV. Why do North Koreans vote?

It's true that North Korea really is holding parliamentary elections this weekend, and, par for the course for that nation's politics, they're kind of horrifying. This is how it's going down ...

Item 1 of 6 North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un casts his ballot during a local election, in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, in this picture released on November 27, 2023.

This month’s election marks the first time North Korea has referred to dissenting votes in local polls since the 1960s, an official at South Korea’s unification ministry handling relations ...

Local elections are being held in North Korea - the first since ruler Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011. It is the joint-most corrupt country in the world with Somalia, according to Transparency ...

This was the first “test” to Kim’s authority since he came to power – elections are usually held every five years in North Korea, the last being held before the death of his father Kim ...

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's ... election, North Korea conducted a new ...

The missile was launched from a site near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, at 7:10 a.m. local time (6:10 p.m. Wednesday ET), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.