North Korea Propaganda Boss Who Shaped Image of Leaders Dies at 94
- Kim Ki Nam played key role under the country’s three leaders
- He was a power behind the power who served state since 1950s
Kim Ki Nam, a propaganda mastermind who helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding in the Cold War, has died at the age of 94.
Kim, who had been in poor health for several years, died on Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported, saying he devoted his life to the “sacred struggle for defending and strengthening the ideological purity of our revolution.”