'A moment of silence for the 0.07%': Internet reacts as Kim Jong Un’s ‘perfect’ election marred by rare dissent

INDIA, March 18 — How did Kim Jong Un win 99. 93% votes and still go viral over just 0. 07%?

North Korea reported near-total support for Kim Jong Un, but the rare admission of “No” votes has triggered a meme storm online. Why is that tiny 0. 07% breaking the internet?

Scroll down to see the memes. In a statistical "miracle" that has sent social media into a frenzy of dark humour, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has secured a 15th Supreme People’s Assembly win with a near-impossible figure of 99. 93% votes.

This is from another figure of 99. 99% voter turnout. While the Workers’ Party claimed 99.

93% of the total vote, state media outlet KCNA made the unprecedented move of acknowledging a 0. 07% dissent rate—the first time "No" votes have been admitted since 1957. The numbers have sent netizens into a frenzy with users on X (formerly Twitter) joking about a "summer population decrease" for the brave 0.