North Korea’s former symbolic head of state Kim Yong Nam dies

North Korea’s former ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim Yong Nam defied the country’s purge-prone political scene to serve as head of parliament for 20 years, a role experts suspect he retained by showing deference to the country’s supreme leaders.

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