“Goebbels of North Korea” Kim Ki-nam dies at 94

kim ki-namwhich were often called “”Goebbels of North Korea“, in reference to Nazi propagandists, because of their role in the creation and application of totalitarian propaganda for three generations. kim family ruler of the country, Died at the age of 94North Korea informed.

According to North Korean media, the preacher died on Tuesday and had been hospitalized since 2022 for multiple illnesses, including kidney problems.

kim worked in central committee and in the Publicity and Agitation DepartmentWhere in the sixties “he made a great contribution to the cause of the Party with a high level of political insight, theoretical level and mature writing” worked on the establishment of the so-called.monolithic ideological system“, He Worship of family members was forcibly imposed Even above ideological issues in North Korean society.

Kim became editor in chief Rodong and Chairman of Central Committee of the North Korean Journalists AssociationAnd he was named a member of the 1980 Single Party Congress Central Committee of the Workers’ PartyBefore becoming the director of Propaganda and Agitation Department.

is considered to be a figure very close to Kim Jong Il (father of the current leader), in addition to being part of the funeral procession that paraded with his coffin through the snowy streets of Pyongyang in December 2011, was also a member of his funeral committee.

But above all he was an important person when it came to Establish narratives about validity The first dynastic succession in North Korea, whereby Kim Jong-il managed to take over the reins of the country in the nineties.

To publicize It is a fundamental tool for control over power by family kim, State-controlled media are filled with images designed to subjugate North Koreans to the personality cult surrounding the ruling family.

In North Korea, they have to wear pin lapels with images of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, Grandfather and father of the current leader Kim Jong Un

, Also, it should be hung in every house and office building. pictures of these.

In school books and television cartoons, leaders are depicted as extraordinary creature, Able to transform tree leaves into vessels. The way rescue was done in all the cities of the country the new York Times, Ubiquitous posters and slogans They warn of an upcoming invasion by “American imperialists” and urge people to “Guns and bombs” to protect the Kim family.

These propaganda elements were the work of Kim Ki-nam and hence he was compared to Nazi Germany’s Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.

as if saved the new York Times, What plan did external analysts consider? efficient promotion, when Kim Jong-un made his public debut as heir apparent, his styling and attire resembled that of his grandfather, Kim Il-sung. North Koreans still regard Kim Il-sung as a divine figure. Every detail of Kim Jong-un’s public appearances was choreographed to highlight the image of North Korea’s founder.

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Unpaid emotional tribute to the recently deceased by visiting the facilities in Pyongyang this Tuesday where the coffins have been installed.

According to information and images published today by state agency KCNA, Kim “held a moment of silence” in memory of the deceased and laid a wreath next to the glass-enclosed coffin in which Kim Ki-nam’s remains were laid.

The country’s leading newspaper Rodong today published Kim Ki-nam’s photo on the front page and removed the photos of her attending Kim Jong-un’s funeral on the second page, so that the weight of her figure can be estimated. Within the regime.

“In the room where funeral music was resounding, there was an atmosphere of regret over the loss of a veteran of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Korean Revolution, a distinguished theoretician and renowned political activist who achieved great merit in defending and glorifying the revolutionaries. The reason for the idea and ‘Juche’ idea,” the KCNA note said.

(with information from EFE)