The name of senior North Korean official Choe Ryong Hae was listed among the state funeral committee for Kim Yang Gon, the Korean Central News Agency revealed Wednesday, marking the end of a more-than-two-month absence.
Following the death of Kim Yang Gon, the director of the United Front Department of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, in a car accident Tuesday, North Korea’s state run KCNA announced a state funeral for Kim, to be held December 31, as well as the composition of the funeral committee.
The name of senior North Korean official Choe Ryong Hae was listed among the state funeral committee for Kim Yang Gon, the Korean Central News Agency revealed Wednesday, marking the end of a more-than-two-month absence.
Following the death of Kim Yang Gon, the director of the United Front Department of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, in a car accident Tuesday, North Korea’s state run KCNA announced a state funeral for Kim, to be held December 31, as well as the composition of the funeral committee.
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