SEOUL: Kim Ki Nam, a North Korean propaganda commander who helped develop character religions around the country’s three royal leaders, has died at 94, the North’s position internet said.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency 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 Wednesday ( May 8 ) and expressed condolences to family members.
Kim Ki Nam, who will be buried on Thursday, may be buried on Thursday, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un’s state funeral commission.
Former Workers ‘ Party secretary Kim Ki Nam, who was once in charge of the ruling Workers ‘ Party’s central committee, “devoted his life to the sacred struggle to defend and advance the ideological purity of our revolution and firmly ensuring the socialist cause’s continued advancement.” He had been treated for a number of organ dysfunctions and age-related conditions for the past month, according to the organization, and he passed away on Tuesday.