Kim Jong-Un has been 're-elected' as leader of North Korea having executed his politically-powerful uncle last year and successfully disposed of 11 high-ranking government officials over the weekend.
After a pre-determined vote, in which no-one else was allowed to stand, Kim was reaffirmed as First
The state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) described the election as 'the great jubilee in the nation's history' and told how parliament cheered as the result was announced.
Kim Jong-Un casts his ballot during last month's North Korean 'elections'. He has now been reaffirmed as First Chairman of the National Defence Commission, the country's most powerful body
Last month North Koreans cast ballots in a pre-determined election where all of the candidates stood unopposed.
Kim had his uncle and former political mentor Jang Song-thaek executed last year
The rubber-stamp assembly is the first under the leadership of Kim who took over from his father in December 2011.
Kim is now expected to appoint several elderly military leaders, including defence minister Jang Jong-Nam and chief of the military's general staff Ri Yong-Gil, to the commission.
Yesterday it was reported that one of Jang's closes associates, O Sang-hon was executed with a flamethrower after being branded an 'enemy of the state'.
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