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DPRK Central Leadership Vote in 14th SPA Elections

WPK Vice Chairman and Director of the WPK United Front Department Kim Yong Chol arrives to vote at his polling place in central Pyongyang on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV)

Senior DPRK Government and Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] officials voted in elections for the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] on March 10, 2019.  According to to KCNA the members of the central leadership “met candidates for deputies and voters to praise them for their patriotic devotion to the prosperity and development of the country and expressed belief that they would as ever fulfill their duty as citizens of the DPRK in the general advance for further consolidating the people’s power as firm as a rock and opening a new road of advance for socialist construction, regarding the out state first principle as their faith.”

Supreme People’s Assembly Presidium President Kim Yong Nam arrives at his polling place in the central party complex in Pyongyang on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV).

WPK Vice Chairman and WPK Organization Guidance Department Director Choe Ryong Hae receives a ballot to vote in the 14th SPA elections on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV).

DPRK Premier Pak Pong Ju pats his SPA deputy on the back prior to voting on March 10, 2019 (Photo: Korean Central TV).

SPA Presidium Vice President Yang Hyong Sop bows after receiving a ballot on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV)

Yang Hyong Sop votes in elections for the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV)

WPK Vice Chairman and WPK International Affairs Department Director Ri Su Yong receives a ballot to vote in SPA elections on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV).

WPK Vice Chairman and WPK Cadres’ Affairs Department Director Kim Phyong Hae arrives at a polling place to vote in SPA elections on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV).

WPK Vice Chairman and WPK Light Industry Department Director An Jong Su after voting in SPA elections (Photo: KCTV)

WPK Vice Chairman Pak Thae Song votes in SPA elections (Photo: KCTV)

WPK Vice Chairman Kim Yong Chol votes in elections for the 14th SPA (Photo: KCTV)

DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho votes in SPA elections on March 10, 2019 (Photo: Korean Central TV).

DPRK Vice Premier and State Planning Commission Chairman Ro Tu Chol talks with his SPA deputy after voting in elections (Photo: KCTV)

WPK Vice Chairman Choe Hwi receives a ballot to vote in SPA elections on March 10 2,019 (Photo: KCTV).

WPK Vice Chairman Pak Thae Dok votes in elections for the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly on March 10, 2019 (Photo: KCTV)

 

 

 

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