Kim Chang-son, proper, division director of North Korea’s State Affairs Fee, accompanies chief Kim Jong-un, heart, on a go to to the venue of the announcement of Kim’s New Yr’s message, on this file picture captured from footage from North Korea’s state-run TV station Jan. 1, 2019. Yonhap
Kim Chang-son, who had served because the protocol chief to North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, has died, in keeping with the North’s state media Friday.
The North’s chief expressed “deep” condolences over his dying and despatched a wreath to the bier the day gone by, the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) reported, with out saying the reason for his dying.
The report stated Kim Chang-son had labored in essential posts of the ruling Staff’ Occasion of Korea and the state for a very long time underneath “the particular loving care and deep belief of the peerlessly nice males.”
He “made a distinguished contribution to defending the status of our Occasion and enhancing the exterior status of the nation along with his steadfast honesty and sincerity,” the KCNA stated.
Kim Chang-son, referred to as the de facto chief of workers to Kim Jong-un, served because the protocol chief, notably showing on the websites of the North Korean chief’s summit diplomacy.
Within the peak of Kim Jong-un’s summit diplomacy in 2018-2019, highlighted by summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore and Vietnam, Kim Chang-son visited summit amenities upfront to verify his chief’s route and schedule.
He additionally visited South Korea in 2018, when the North’s high-level delegation, led by Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of Kim Jong-un, attended the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
In April 2018, Kim Chang-son served because the North’s chief delegate for working-level talks on protocol, safety and media to organize for summit talks between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un.
Underneath the rule of former chief Kim Jong-il, the late father of the incumbent chief, Kim Chang-son additionally labored on the workplace of the secretariat to assist the ruler and his household.
