North Korea's President of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong Nam arrives at Miraflores Palace to have a meeting with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello
SEOUL (Reuters) -Kim Yong Nam, the only person outside of the ruling Kim family dynasty to serve as North Korea's nominal head of state, has died, state media reported on Tuesday.
Kim Yong Nam, the former chairman of the Presidium of the country's Supreme People’s Assembly and a long-time diplomat who served all three of the country's leaders, died on Monday at the age of 97, state media KCNA said.
