North Korean propaganda chief, who worked with Kim Jong-un, his father and grandfather, dies at 94 | World

Kim Ki Nam, one of North Korea’s most senior officials who served three generations of leaders as head of the state’s propaganda apparatus, has died at the age of 94, official media reported on Tuesday (7) — Wednesday in North Korea, according to the official KCNA news agency.

• Kim Il-sung, grandfather of the current president.
• Kim Jong-il, father of the current president.
• Himself Kim Jong Un.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Kim’s grave at 2 a.m. on Wednesday to pay tribute “with bitter sadness at the loss of a veteran revolutionary who remained unlimitedly loyal” to the country until the end, he said. he.

“He dedicated himself to supporting the victorious journey of building a powerful socialist country, maintaining the powerful offensive and new development in the new era in all spheres of the party’s ideological work,” KCNA said.

Kim was one of the few North Korean officials to visit the South, leading a funeral delegation in 2009 following the death of South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, which ushered in an era of reconciliation with Pyongyang.

He was especially close to Kim Jong-il, the current leader’s father who died in 2011, and is believed to have been his “drinking buddy,” North Korea expert Michael Madden of the Stimson Center said, citing sources. .

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