▲ This undated file photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency, shows Kim Ki-nam, the former secretary of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party and known as the country's propaganda master. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea's ex-propaganda chief Kim Ki-nam dies at 94: KCNA

SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- Kim Ki-nam, known as North Korea's propaganda master, has died at 94, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the funeral hall of the former secretary of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party (WPK) and will lead the state funeral committee for his burial, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"Kim Jong-un paid silent tribute to Kim Ki-nam who made contributions to the sacred struggle for the development of the WPK, modeling the revolutionary ranks on the monolithic ideology and the victorious advance of the socialist cause," the KCNA said.

Kim spent decades overseeing propaganda operations in the totalitarian regime, including building personality cults around North Korea's former and current leaders.

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