N. Korea's ex-head of parliament, Kim Yong-nam, dies

Kim Yong-nam, then chairman of the Standing Committee of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, waves upon arrival at a hotel in Gangneung on South Korea's east coast to attend a banquet dinner marking the opening of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, in this February 2018 file photo. Kim died on Nov. 3, 2025, from multiple organ failure related to cancer-linked poisoning at age 97, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported the next day. Kim, who had led Pyongyang's diplomacy for decades, visited South Korea as head of the North's delegation to the Olympics. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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