Ex-Assembly Speaker Kim Soo-han dies at 96

▲ This file photo shows former Assembly Speaker Kim Soo-han. (Yonhap)

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Ex-Assembly Speaker Kim Soo-han dies at 96

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Kim Soo-han, who served as the speaker of the National Assembly from 1996 to 1998, died Monday. He was 96.

Kim, a six-term lawmaker, was first elected to office in 1967 before serving as assembly speaker during his final term.

He took on various roles in his decadeslong political career, serving as the chief of an advisory group to the ruling People Power Party and the head of the Korea-Japan Friendship Association.

A funeral altar for Kim will be set up at Severance Hospital in western Seoul.

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