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Kim Yong Nam, North Korea’s former ceremonial head of state and one of the longest-serving figures in the country’s political hierarchy, has died at the age of 97, state media reported on Tuesday.

Kim Yong Nam, who is unrelated to Pyongyang's ruling dynasty, was seen as the North's face on the global stage.