Dr. Roh Kil Nam, the founder of the Los Angeles-based, pro-Pyongyang news service Minjok Tongshin, died on Saturday, aged 76.
His death – which followed COVID 19-like symptoms and a visit to an intensive care unit – was confirmed in a Korean-language update posted on the website on which he had worked since November 1999.
Dr. Roh Kil Nam, the founder of the Los Angeles-based, pro-Pyongyang news service Minjok Tongshin, died on Saturday, aged 76.
His death – which followed COVID 19-like symptoms and a visit to an intensive care unit – was confirmed in a Korean-language update posted on the website on which he had worked since November 1999.
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