Former two-time South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil died at the age of 92 on Saturday morning.
He was taken to from his residence in Shindang-dong locality, where he was declared dead on arrival, hospital officials said.
Born in 1926, Kim graduated from the Korea Military Academy, and had played an important role in a military coup in 1961.
Kim served as the South Korean Prime Minister twice - from 1971 to 1975 and again from 1998 to 2000.
Considered as one of the most influential politicians in South Korea between the 1980s and 1990s, Kim served nine terms as a lawmaker.
He was one of the "three Kims" in South Korean politics, along with former presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung.
Prior to being the prime minister, Kim served as the first founder-chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) from 1961 to 1963. He also served five terms as a member of the National Assembly.
In 2004, he left active politics after unsuccessfully contesting for a National Assembly seat. (ANI)
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 23 (ANI): Nepal's Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari has announced that International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has removed Nepal's aviation sector from the Significant Safety Concern (SSC) list.
"Nepal has been eliminated from the ICAO's Significant Safety Concern List. The ICAO has been keeping an eye on the air space and the functionaries of its 192 member nations. In it's 2013 audit report, Nepal was enlisted in Significant Safety Concern (SSC) list and Nepal's compliance to the ICAO's standard at that time stood only at 55 percent out of the standard 60 percent. In regard to this, the attempts made by the government of Nepal and the International Aviation Organization have leaped forward to 66.08 percent which can be regarded as the most significant progress," Adhikari apprised the parliament on Friday.
Adhikari also apprised the parliament about the Nepal-Japan air service agreement, while adding that construction of Pokhara International Airport is also underway and will be completed soon.
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