North Korea Goes to the Polls

North Korea
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First, We Vote
Soldiers in the Korean People's Army exit a polling station in this photo released on March 8. The North ordered its armed forces on standby and warned of retaliation against anyone who were to block its planned satellite launch, which many feared was a disguise of a missile test.

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