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Coverage dated May 7, 2024

North Korea’s longtime propaganda chief Kim Ki Nam dies at 94

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Kim Ki Nam, the North Korean official who oversaw the isolated regime's propaganda efforts and helped shape the cult of personality around the ruling Kim family dynasty, died at age 94, state media reported Wednesday.

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    North Korea's former propaganda chief dies at 94 – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Kim Ki Nam was best known as the mastermind behind building the personality cult around the ruling Kim dynasty.

  2. New York Times

    Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies at 94 (opens New York Times)

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    Mr. Kim, who served under all three generations of the country’s ruling family, was likened to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister.

  3. UPI

    North Korea’s longtime propaganda chief Kim Ki Nam dies at 94 (opens UPI)

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    Kim Ki Nam, the North Korean official who oversaw the isolated regime's propaganda efforts and helped shape the cult of personality around the ruling Kim family dynasty, died at age 94, state media reported Wednesday.

  4. CNN

    North Korean propaganda chief who served all three leaders dies (opens CNN)

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    Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, official media said on Wednesday.

  5. Seattle Times

    The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94 (opens Seattle Times)

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    North Korea says Kim Ki Nam, the propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94.

  6. Digital Journal

    Kim Jong Un mourns death of North Korea's former propaganda chief (opens Digital Journal)

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    North Korea's former propaganda chief, credited with masterminding the personality cult surrounding the ruling Kim dynasty, has died, state media said

  7. Time

    Kim Ki Nam, North Korea’s Propaganda Mastermind, Dies at 94 (opens Time)

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    Kim Ki Nam helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding in the Cold War.

  8. The Guardian

    Kim Ki-nam, North Korean propaganda chief who shaped dynasty’s personality cult, dies aged 94 (opens The Guardian)

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    Kim Ki-nam was known as ‘the North Korean Goebbels’ in the South due to his role as head of propaganda department

  9. Green Field Reporter

    The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94 - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    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 official Korean Central News Agency said the country’s current leader, Kim Jong Un, visite…

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