The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94

Kim, 94, North Korean propaganda chief, is dead

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Ki Nam, a North Korean propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94, the North’s state media said.

'North Korea's Goebbels' Kim Ki-Nam dies at 94

Kim Ki-Nam, who was often referred to as North Korea Goebbels, a comparison drawn from the Nazi propaganda minister, passed away at the age of 94, the North

Remembering Kim Ki Nam: Architect of North Korean Ideology

Kim Ki Nam, North Korea’s central advocate for three ages of Kim family rulers and the engineer of true state accounts around two initiative progressions, passed on Tuesday at 94 years old, as per state media.The high-positioning authority had been going through treatment for kidney disappointment, the party-run Rodong Sinmun. Pioneer Kim Jong Un visited […]

Kim Ki-nam, the ‘North Korean Goebbels’ who forged the personality cult of Pyongyang’s leaders, dies

North Korea has bidden farewell to the main composer of the symphony that cemented the Kim dynasty’s power since the Cold War era. Kim Ki-nam, the propaganda mastermind who helped forge the personality cult of the country’s supreme leaders, died Tuesday at the age of 94, North Korea’s central news agency KCNA reported Wednesday. Despite sharing a surname, Kim Ki-nam had no blood ties to the ruling lineage. The official newspaper Rodong Sinmun pr…

Obituary: Kim Ki-nam, ‘Goebbels of North Korea’ who shaped personality cult around the ruling Kim dynasty

Kim Ki-nam, who has died aged 94, was known, south of the 38th parallel, as the Goebbels of North Korea and was widely credited as the mastermind behind the personality cult woven around the ruling Kim dynasty, elevating the veneration of family members above even ideology in the hermit kingdom.