Kim Hyeong-nam, mother of Saejeonbuk Shinmun editor Bok Jeong-gwon, dies at 89
In short
Kim Hyeong-nam, 89, died at 4 a.m. on Oct. 4, according to an obituary notice carried by Yonhap. She was the mother of Bok Jeong-gwon, social affairs editor at the regional daily Saejeonbuk Shinmun. The funeral hall is room 202 of the Samsung Funeral Culture Center in Jeonju, with the funeral procession set for the morning of Oct. 6.
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Kim Hyeong-nam, 89, died at 4 a.m. local time on Oct. 4, according to an obituary notice published by the national wire Yonhap. The notice said she was the mother of Bok Jeong-gwon, the social affairs editor at the Saejeonbuk Shinmun, a regional daily. [ 1 , 2 ]
The funeral hall is room 202 of the Samsung Funeral Culture Center in Jeonju, and the funeral procession is scheduled for the morning of Oct. 6, the notice said. Newsis also carried an obituary with the same headline but added no details about the deceased. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
This is a personal death notice rather than a wider news event, and the documents attribute no broader consequences to it. Its relevance is mainly to readers of the Saejeonbuk Shinmun and to those connected to a working regional journalist and his family.
Key facts
- Kim Hyeong-nam died at 4 a.m. local time on Oct. 4, at the age of 89. [ 1 ]
- She was the mother of Bok Jeong-gwon, social affairs editor at the Saejeonbuk Shinmun. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The funeral hall is room 202 of the Samsung Funeral Culture Center in Jeonju. [ 1 ]
- The funeral procession is scheduled for the morning of Oct. 6. [ 1 ]
- Yonhap and Newsis both published obituary notices for the death. [ 1 , 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Kim Hyeong-nam, 89, the mother of Bok Jeong-gwon, social affairs editor at the Saejeonbuk Shinmun, has died. [ 1 , 2 ]
- According to the Yonhap notice, the death occurred at 4 a.m. on Oct. 4, the funeral hall is room 202 of the Samsung Funeral Culture Center in Jeonju, and the funeral procession is on the morning of Oct. 6. [ 1 ]
Still unclear
- The cause of death was not stated. Neither notice gives a cause or any medical detail.
- Newsis published the obituary headline, but the article text under it concerns President Lee Jae-myung's remarks on reform, a different subject. The outlet's text does not match its headline for this event, so no details from that text were used here.
- Beyond the age, time of death, funeral hall and procession date, no further details about the deceased are given. The documents are a short notice and a matching headline, so no biographical information is available.