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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Tong-Hyung

North Korea holds state funeral for longtime ceremonial head of state

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country’s longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97.

Kim Jong Un and other senior officials from a 100-member funeral committee joined family members as Kim Yong Nam — unrelated to the ruling Kim family — was buried on Wednesday at the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery in Pyongyang, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday.

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