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1st LD Writethru: S. Korea expresses condolences to death of DPRK senior party official

Xinhua, December 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korea on Wednesday expressed condolences to the death of Kim Yang Gon, a senior party official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Seoul's unification ministry said that it delivered condolences to the United Front Department, in the name of South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo.

The letter of condolences was sent via a liaison office in the truce village of Panmunjom at about 10:40 a.m. local time (0140 GMT), which the DPRK side received.

Kim, 73, was killed in a car crash on Tuesday, the DPRK's KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Kim served as director of the United Front Department and secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. He became a member of the political bureau of the party's central committee in February 2015.

The senior DPRK party official participated in talks with South Korean officials in late August to lower tensions following a rare exchange of fire at the North-South border. Endit