Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s parliament, is currently on his first reported trip overseas since late leader Kim Jong Il’s death. The weeklong journey comes on the heels of new U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket in April in defiance of Security Council resolutions banning the country from nuclear or ballistic missile activity. <AP/NEWSis>
Kim Yong-nam lays a wreath at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 14, 2012.
Kim Yong-nam, left, bows as Jakarta regional Military Commander Maj. Gen. Waris salutes during a wreath laying ceremony at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 14, 2012.
