Overview
- KCNA said Kim Yong-nam died Monday from multiple organ failure related to cancer-linked poisoning after battling colorectal cancer since June last year.
- Kim Jong-un visited his bier at 1 a.m. Tuesday to offer condolences, accompanied by senior party and government officials, according to KCNA.
- North Korea’s parliamentary standing committee and the cabinet approved a state funeral and named a funeral committee that includes Kim Jong-un, Pak Thae-song and Choe Ryong-hae.
- KCNA reported that his coffin will leave the facility Wednesday to be laid to rest.
- A veteran diplomat who led Pyongyang’s external representation for decades, Kim headed the North’s delegation to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and retired in 2019.