NORTH KOREA FM PAEK NAM SUN

epa00895253 (FILE) A file picture dated in July 2005 shows North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam-sun (R) next to Ban Ki-moon, current Secretary General of the United Nations, at an inter-Korean meeting in Vientien, Laos. Paek Nam Sun has died, Yonhap news reported Wednesday 03 January 2007, sourcing the communist state? official news agency. He was 77. The Korean Central News Agency reported North Korea? leader Kim Jong Il sent a wreath and expressed his deep condolences over his death, but did not give any details on how or when the diplomat died. EPA/STR

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