SEOUL: 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 chief delegate Kim Ki-Nam meets South Korea 's National Assembly Speaker Kim One-ki at the National Assembly in Seoul, Aug 16, 2005
The agency said Kim Jong Un will lead the state funeral committee for Kim Ki Nam, who will be buried on Thursday. He also led the delegation to South Korea in 2009 that attended the funeral of former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, who had pursued engagement with the North and held a summit with former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the current ruler's father.
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