In this regard, Kim Yang Gon was surpassed by only eight other officials.
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In contrast to these cases, Kim Yang-gon will be given a state funeral, and authorities have called him the “closest comrade” and a “solid revolutionary partner” of Kim Jong-un.
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Relations between North and South could be conducted in a more “rigid” manner, the South Korean analyst said, adding that even though Choe could have been reinstated, Kim Yang Gon’s potential replacements do not have the depth and breadth of his experience.
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Most recently, Kim participated in talks in August to cool tensions after an exchange of artillery fire near the two countries’ borders, and his death could mark a setback in improving North-South relations. Kim Yang Gon accompanied Kim Jong Un of 104 of his total 742 public appearances since he became leader of North Korea in December 2011.
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In 2007, he was appointed to lead the United Front Department and led the work of arranging the 2007 inter-Korean summit between then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
“The likelihood of North Korea’s fourth nuclear test is not so high in light of the increasing security cooperation between the South, the US and Japan, and the resulting additional worldwide sanctions”.
South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-Pyo sent a message of condolences to Pyongyang. Most rapprochement agreements signed after the two summit talks remain stalled or have never been implemented after animosities flared again between the rivals.
But subsequent talks this month ended with little progress in resolving issues such as that of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, and the resumption of cross-border tours to the North’s scenic Mount Kumgang. Ri reportedly bickered with Jang Song Thaek, a powerful uncle of Kim Jong Un, who was eventually executed by his nephew for alleged treason in 2013. “Given that, one is bound to be sceptical about any such report coming from North Korea”.
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The KCNA said the North’s leader Kim could hardly “repress his bitter grief” for long, saying that his death is a “great loss” to the country, the KCNA said.
