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Officials of Party, power and armed forces organs, ministries and national agencies visit bier of late Kim Yong Nam

Date: 06/11/2025 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

Officials of the Party, power and armed forces organs, ministries and national agencies of the DPRK visited the bier of Kim Yong Nam, former chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly who is winner of Order of Kim Il Sung and Order of Kim Jong Il and Labour Hero, on November 4 to express condolences over his death.

They entered the mourning ceremony venue with sorrow over the loss of an old-generation revolutionary and steadfast statesman who made distinguished feats in the struggle for the victorious advance of the revolution and the prosperity and development of the DPRK with boundless loyalty to the leader and the spirit of devoted service for the country and its people.

Seen before the bier of the deceased was a wreath bearing the august name of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Laid amid the playing of the dirge were wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, the Cabinet of the DPRK and ministries and national agencies.

The mourners observed a moment's silence in memory of the late Kim Yong Nam who devoted himself to the dynamic victory of the cause of Korean-style socialism, remaining faithful to the ideas and leadership of the Party.

They expressed deep condolences to the members of the bereaved family.

That day, the Chinese ambassador to the DPRK and his embassy staff members and the Vietnamese ambassador to the DPRK visited the bier of the deceased to express condolences over his death.

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