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 frequently in state media greeting visiting foreign dignitaries. View on eu ...

North Korea reported that its long-time ceremonial Head of State Kim Yong Nam died at age 97. Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly, ...

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 ...

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 ...