"Kim family's master propagandist dies at 94"

[DrLeftover]

North Korea's former propaganda master Kim Ki Nam has died at the age of 94, said state media.

He died due to old age and "multiple organ dysfunction" for which he had been receiving treatment since 2022, said KCNA.

He had spent decades leading propaganda efforts in the totalitarian state, including building a personality cult around the ruling Kim dynasty.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended his funeral early on Wednesday and paid tribute to the "veteran revolutionary who had remained boundlessly loyal" to the regime, the report added.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency likened him to Nazi Germany's propaganda boss Joseph Goebbels, widely known for his mantra "repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth".

North Korea: Kim family's master propagandist dies at 94

Kim Ki Nam built the personality cult of North Korea's ruling dynasty.

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[Duskpire]

Knowing Kim, he probably had some replacements lined up to take Nam's job anyway.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

He made it to 94, thats an accomplishment.

 

[Webster]

Knowing Kim, he probably had some replacements lined up to take Nam's job anyway.

In that kind of country, that's akin to holding a live grenade with the pin pulled - you don't dare do anything outside of what's required for fear of Kim Jong Fatboy putting you in front of a anti-aircraft machine gun and having you executed with it.

 

[Duskpire]

He made it to 94, thats an accomplishment.

For that country, it sure is. With conditions as bad as they over there, a lot of people die prematurely.