KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun (file photo taken Sept. 2005), has died. He was 77.

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