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Kim Ki-nam, North Korean propaganda chief who shaped dynasty’s personality cult, dies aged 94
Kim Ki-nam was known as ‘the North Korean Goebbels’ in the South due to his role as head of propaganda department
Kim Ki-nam, the propaganda chief who served all three generations of North Korean leaders and cemented their political legitimacy, has died, official media have said.
Kim Ki-nam died on Tuesday aged 94 from multiple organ failure, official KCNA news agency reported.
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