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Jerry Fisayo-Bambi

North Korea’s ex-ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam dies at 97, state media says

Kim Yong-nam, North Korea's former ceremonial head of state, has died at the age of 97, state media reported on Tuesday.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Kim Yong-nam, former president of the Praesidium of Pyongyang's rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly from 1998 to 2019, died on Monday of multiple organ failure.

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