North Korean officials have mourned the death of the country's former ceremonial leader, Kim Yong-nam, joined by the Chinese ...

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 decades, has died, state ...

In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and served three generations of its ...