Kim 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 (Nov 4).
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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