TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Kim Yong Nam, the former ceremonial head of North Korea for over two decades, has died at the age of 97, ...

In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its ...

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 Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly, was a lifelong ...

North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97. The Korean Central News Agency said ...

Kim Yong Nam, who is unrelated to Pyongyang's ruling dynasty, was seen as the North's face on the global stage.

Senior official known for his loyalty to the Kim family served as head of Supreme People’s Assembly for two decades.

Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve ...

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.

In February 2018, he travelled to South Korea with Kim Jong Un’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, to attend the opening ...