North Korean officers have mourned the loss of life of the nation’s former ceremonial chief, Kim Yong-nam, joined by the Chinese language and Vietnamese ambassadors, based on state media Wednesday.
Kim, former chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Individuals’s Meeting, died Monday on the age of 97 from a number of organ failure whereas battling colorectal most cancers.
North Korean officers from the ruling occasion, authorities, armed forces and different state organizations visited the funeral facility in Pyongyang the day prior to this, the place Kim’s physique was laid, to mourn his loss of life, the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) reported.
Tv footage from the funeral facility confirmed a flower wreath bearing the identify of North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, whereas Chinese language Ambassador Wang Yajun and Vietnamese Ambassador Le Ba Vinh additionally visited the location to supply condolences.
North Korea has been holding a state funeral for Kim Yong-nam since the day prior to this. Chief Kim Jong-un visited his bier early Tuesday morning to specific “deep condolences.”
Kim Yong-nam’s coffin was to depart the funeral corridor Wednesday to be laid to relaxation.
As a profession diplomat, Kim served in high-profile diplomatic posts spanning the regimes of nationwide founder Kim Il-sung, late chief Kim Jong-il and present chief Kim Jong-un.
For 21 years for the reason that begin of Kim Jong-il’s rule, he served as chairman of the parliamentary standing committee, a place that at the moment represented the top of state, albeit in a titular capability.
In 2018, he visited South Korea as head of a North Korean delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, which included Kim Yo-jong — the highly effective sister of the chief — and held a gathering with then President Moon Jae-in.
He retired from six many years of public service on the age of 91 in 2019.
