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Michael Howie

North Korea propagandist who helped build Kim family dynasty following death at 94

Kim Ki-nam, a North Korean propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country's three dynastic leaders, has died aged 94, the North's state media said.

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the country's current leader, Kim Jong-un, visited the body of Kim Ki-nam at a funeral hall in the capital, Pyongyang, early on Wednesday and expressed condolences to family members.

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