North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies aged 94

File photo of Kim Ki Nam (Ahn Young-joon/AP, File)

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.