North Korean propaganda chief 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.

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2024 05 09T224839Z 1249929670 RC28N7ADD1XG RTRMADP 3 NORTHKOREA POLITICS Scaled — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the funeral ceremony for 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 country's propaganda apparatus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 9, 2024 in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

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