Former North Korean head of state Kim Yong Nam dies at 97
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Former North Korean head of state Kim Yong Nam, one of the country’s most senior officials, has died at the age of 97, according to state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In an official announcement, KCNA said Kim Yong Nam died on Monday from multiple organ failure resulting from cancer compli…
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Kim Yong Nam's decadeslong survival at his post despite political purges is a rarity in North Korea. The longstanding ceremonial leader's political influence was seen to have waned as he aged.
Former North Korean head of state Kim Yong Nam, one of the country’s most senior officials, has died at the age of 97, according to state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In an official announcement, KCNA said Kim Yong Nam died on Monday from multiple organ failure resulting from cancer compli…
Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state media reported Tuesday.
North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97. The Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly, had died on Monday at the age of 97.
SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state media reported Tuesday
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