00:00Kim Yong-nam, the only person outside of the ruling Kim family dynasty to serve as North Korea's nominal head of state, has died, state media reported on Tuesday.
00:11The great work of our country and country, Kim Yong-nam, the former chairman of the Presidium of the Country's Supreme Court,
00:29the Supreme People's Assembly, and a long-time diplomat, served all three of the country's leaders.
00:35Born in 1928, Kim Yong-nam served in key foreign ministry positions and helped shape North Korea's diplomacy under the state's founder Kim Il-sung,
00:45before effectively taking charge of summit diplomacy and representing the isolated North under Kim Jong-il.
00:52Under Kim Jong-un, Kim Yong-nam continued to serve as the diplomatic face of North Korea,
00:58welcoming top-level visitors to Pyongyang and visiting South Korea in 2018 as head of the North Korean delegation to the Winter Olympics,
01:07where he held a meeting with then-South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
01:11North Korea will hold a state funeral, state media KCNA said.
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