SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's long time former ceremonial head of state whose loyalty shielded him from frequent political purges and enabled him to serve the country's ruling ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died. The Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -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. Kim Yong Nam, the ...

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media reported Tuesday that the North's former titular head of its parliament, Kim Yong-nam, who had led Pyongyang's diplomacy for decades, has died, with ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim ...

FILE - Kim Yong Nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, speaks with the Associated Press at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 4, 2013. (AP ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two ...