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Kim Yong-nam, Longtime Ceremonial Head of North Korea, Dead at 97
4 November 2025 at 14:27
In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its dynastic rulers.
Kim Yong-nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2013.
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