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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Kim Yong Nam: North Korea’s former top diplomat and ‘head of state’ who served all three Kims dies aged 97

Kim Yong Nam, the only senior North Korean official outside the Kim family bloodline to serve for two decades as the regime’s ceremonial head of state, has died at the age of 97.

Kim Yong Nam died on Monday from multiple organ failure following a cancer diagnosis, North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

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