{"id":22198,"date":"2015-12-30T01:39:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T01:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/north-korea-says-top-official-kim-yang-gon-killed\/"},"modified":"2015-12-30T01:38:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T01:38:43","slug":"north-korea-says-top-official-kim-yang-gon-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/north-korea-says-top-official-kim-yang-gon-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea says top official Kim Yang-gon killed in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A top aide to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has died in a car crash, state news agency KCNA has said.}<\/p>\n

Kim Yang-gon, 73, was a secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party and was in charge of ties with South Korea.<\/p>\n

He was part of a high-level delegation from North Korea that helped ease a stand-off with the South in August, after an exchange of artillery fire.<\/p>\n

The state news agency called him Kim Jong-un’s “closest comrade and a solid revolutionary partner”.<\/p>\n

“Comrade Kim Yang-gon, a Workers’ Party secretary and member of the party Central Committee Politbureau… died in a traffic accident at 6:15am, Tuesday, at age 73,” KCNA said, without giving details.<\/p>\n

It added that Kim Jong-un would lead an 80-member state funeral for Mr Kim on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Tension between North and South Korea increased in August when a border blast injured two South Korean soldiers.<\/p>\n

Meetings at that time eventually led to the two countries stepping away from a military confrontation.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC:[North Korea says top official Kim Yang-gon killed in car crash->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-35196624]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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