PYONGYANG, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Tuesday sent a condolence message to Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde on Monday over the airliner crash in Ethiopia that claimed 157 lives.
In his message, Kim expressed condolences to the president and, through him, to the victims and their bereaved families, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
An Ethiopian Airlines jetliner from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, crashed soon after taking off on Sunday morning, killing all people on board.