All posts tagged "Kim Yang Gon"

  • Kim Yang-gon (Yonhap)
    N. Korea’s senior official handling inter-Korean affairs dies

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Kim Yang-gon, North Korea’s top party official handling inter-Korean affairs, was killed in a traffic accident, Pyongyang’s state media said Wednesday. He was 73. Kim, a secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and...

    • Posted December 29, 2015
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  • In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean National Security Director, Kim Kwan-jin, right, and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, second from right, shake hands with Hwang Pyong So, left, North Korea' top political officer for the Korean People's Army, and Kim Yang Gon, a senior North Korean official responsible for South Korean affairs, during their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP)
    North Korea committed to improving ties with South: NK official

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A senior North Korean official said Thursday his country will work “actively” to improve relations with South Korea based on the spirit of a recent landmark agreement between the two sides. Kim Yang-gon, Pyongyang’s...

    • Posted August 27, 2015
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