Kim Ki Nam, a propaganda mastermind who helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that 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. He said he dedicated his life to the “holy struggle to defend and strengthen the ideological purity of our revolution.”
The KCNA’s official biography said Kim left the hardships of her childhood behind and joined the Central Committee of Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party starting in 1956, winning the trust of state founder Kim Il Sung. He spent more than 60 years consolidating the party’s ideological base and helping train talent who would support the state, KCNA reported.
