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Marshal of KPA Kim Yong Chun dies at 82
PYONGYANG, Aug 17, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Kim Yong Chun, marshal of the
Korean People’s Army (KPA) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(DPRK), died of disease on Thursday at the age of 82, the Korean Central News
Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday.
Kim, who is also a member of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party
of Korea (WPK), deputy to the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) and
general adviser of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces, died of acute
myocardial infarction, the report said.
Kim worked as vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK
from 2007 to 2014. He was awarded the title of Marshal of the KPA in 2016.
An official obituary released Thursday said Kim was a “revolutionary
soldier” and his death is “a huge loss to the party, army and people.”
The deceased will be granted a state funeral undertaken by a state funeral
committee chaired by DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un, the report said.
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