Kim Jong-Nam´s modest life in Macau was a far cry from the opulence and power enjoyed by his half-brother, the supreme leader of North Korea, but he was still seen by Pyongyang as a dangerous pretender to the ruling family throne. Friends in the Chinese gambling enclave spoke this week of a man who wined … Read more
A second woman has been arrested in the connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam, the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Mr Kim died on Monday after apparently being poisoned while waiting to board a flight in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Police say they have now finished their post-mortem examination of his body, though … Read more
A female suspect has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother. Local police said that the woman was arrested at the airport in the capital Kuala Lumpur where Kim Jong-nam was targeted in an apparent poisoning on Monday. She was in possession of a Vietnamese travel … Read more
female suspect arrested in connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam A female suspect has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother. Local police said that the woman was arrested at the airport in the capital Kuala Lumpur where Kim Jong-nam was targeted in an apparent … Read more
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has been murdered in Malaysia, pleaded for his life to be spared after a failed assassination bid in 2012, lawmakers briefed by Seoul’s spy chief said Wednesday. Kim Jong-Nam died after reportedly being attacked by two women believed to be North Korean agents at a Kuala … Read more
South Korea has confirmed the killing of the brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, saying it could be a sign of the brutality of Pyongyang. Kim Jong-nam was killed in an apparent poison attack in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday. No motive has been confirmed and the attackers have not been identified. … Read more
The assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother illustrates the “brutal and inhuman” nature of the regime in Pyongyang, Seoul said Wednesday after Kim Jong-Nam was reportedly killed in Malaysia by female agents. Two women are believed to have used some kind of poison for the Cold War-style killing, with reports from Malaysia and … Read more
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam, has been killed with poison in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, reports say. Malaysian police said a North Korean man waiting at the airport for a flight to Macau on Monday had fallen ill and died on his way to hospital. However, they named him … Read more
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia, South Korean and Malaysian sources say. Kim Jong-nam, 45, is said to have been targeted at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, the capital. A source close to the Malaysian PM’s office told the BBC that Mr Kim was killed in the city, … Read more
They used to call him the “Little General” but Kim Jong-Nam — once heir-apparent to his father and North Korea’s then-leader Kim Jong-Il — fell from grace in 2001 after a spectacular blunder. On Tuesday, after more than a decade in exile from the North, Jong-Nam — the 45-year-old half-brother of current leader Kim Jong-Un … Read more
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia, South Korean and Malaysian sources say. Kim Jong-nam, 45, is said to have been targeted at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, the capital. A source close to the Malaysian PM’s office told the BBC that Mr Kim was killed in the city, … Read more
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. The agency quoted a Seoul government source as saying Kim Jong-Nam was killed on Monday. The source gave no further details. Officials in Seoul were not immediately available for comment. The 45-year-old was poisoned by … Read more