In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its ...

North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97. The Korean Central News Agency said ...

Kim Yong Nam's decadeslong survival at his post despite political purges is a rarity in North Korea. The longstanding ...

Even as real power remained in the hands of the ruling Kim family, Kim Yong Nam was often seen as Pyongyang's face on the ...

Yong Nam's tenure as head of North Korea’s parliament made him the country’s nominal head of state and allowed him to appear ...

Senior official known for his loyalty to the Kim family served as head of Supreme People’s Assembly for two decades.

Kim Yong-nam, former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, who played a pivotal role in North Korean diplomacy across ...

Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly, was a lifelong ...

KIM Jong-un wants to step aside and retire early – so he’s grooming his teenage daughter to rule as leader of North Korea. Or so experts believe, after analysing hidden clues in Pyongyang ...

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never see South Korea as a partner for diplomacy, state media reported on Wednesday in what was her latest taunt of Seoul’s ...

North Korea's state media announced on Tuesday that Kim Yong Nam, the country's longtime ceremonial head of state, has died ...

Kim Yong Nam, the former head of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament who served as nominal head of state for more than 20 ...