The body of Kim Jong-nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has arrived in Pyongyang, Chinese officials say. North Korea had requested the body, but has not confirmed its identity. It was released as part of a deal under which nine Malaysians previously prevented from leaving North Korea have now arrived home. The … Read more
Malaysia’s police chief on Friday confirmed that the man assassinated at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport last month was Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un. “We’ve now established that Kim Chol is Kim Jong-Nam,” Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar told a news conference, but he declined to give details of how the body’s … Read more
North Korea on Tuesday banned Malaysians from leaving the country, dramatically escalating an already-heated diplomatic row over the murder of Kim Jong Nam. Moments later, Kuala Lumpur retaliated, banning diplomats and staff at the North Korean embassy from leaving Malaysia. The tit-for-tat moves marked an extraordinary heightening of tensions three weeks after the airport assassination … Read more
This is the moment a North Korean ambassador was squashed between other passengers as he was made to fly home from Malaysia in economy class. Kang Chol was escorted through Kuala Lumpur International Airport and was then pictured taking his seat next to a child on a flight to Beijing, China. Minutes earlier, the North … Read more
Malaysia has banned its football team from playing an Asian Cup match in Pyongyang citing security threats as diplomatic relations between the two countries soured dramatically after the killing of Kim Jong-Nam, officials said Monday. Kim, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, was poisoned with the deadly nerve agent VX in … Read more
Malaysia’s prime minister Monday said he expects no apology from North Korea over its comments on the investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, as Pyongyang’s ambassador faced a deadline to leave the country. On Saturday Malaysia declared Ambassador Kang Chol persona non grata and gave him 48 hours to leave the country for failing … Read more
Malaysia expelled North Korean ambassador Kang Chol on Saturday, giving him 48 hours to leave the country after Kuala Lumpur said Pyongyang had failed to offer an apology over accusations about the investigation into Kim Jong-Nam’s murder. Here are the key accusations made by North Korea since the killing on February 13: Kang has said … Read more
Malaysia says it has expelled the North Korean ambassador over the death of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korea’s leader. Kang Chol must leave Malaysia within 48 hours, the foreign ministry says. Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, died three weeks ago after two women smeared a deadly chemical over his face … Read more
The murder of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother in a crowded Malaysian airport has made headlines worldwide — although not, in so many terms, in the North itself. Kim Jong-Nam, 45, the eldest son of the North’s late ruler Kim Jong-Il and once seen as his heir-apparent, had lived a life of exile … Read more
Detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother want to question a North Korean diplomat, Malaysia’s top policeman said Wednesday. Investigators have put five North Koreans in the frame for last week’s brazen killing of Kim Jong-Nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and have said they are seeking three more for questioning. They include the … Read more
Malaysian authorities are yet to formally identify the body of Kim Jong-nam as no family member has come forward, officials say. The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un died last week after apparently being poisoned while waiting for a flight at a Kuala Lumpur airport. There has been growing speculation that his son, Kim … Read more
Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish what was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the body had not been formally identified as no next of kin have come forward. Kim Jong Nam was killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13 with … Read more
Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-Nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea’s leader, amid reports his son had come to Kuala Lumpur to claim the remains. A convoy of four unmarked vehicles entered the hospital compound in the early hours of the morning, with around … Read more
Malaysia has stepped up diplomatic measures against North Korea in an escalating row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-nam died in mysterious circumstances last week at an airport in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Police believe he was poisoned. Malaysia has recalled its ambassador from … Read more
Malaysia has recalled its envoy to Pyongyang in an escalating row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-nam died in mysterious circumstances last week at a Kuala Lumpur airport – police believe he was poisoned while waiting for a flight. Malaysian police say they are now … Read more
Pyongyang cannot trust the Malaysian police investigation into the sudden death of a North Korean, the country’s ambassador said Monday, after officers identified the victim as the half-brother of the North’s leader. Kim Jong-Nam was travelling under the alias of Kim Chol when apparently poisoned by two women at Kuala Lumpur International Airport a week … Read more
Malaysia has recalled its envoy to Pyongyang in an escalating row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-nam died in mysterious circumstances last week at a Kuala Lumpur airport – police believe he was poisoned while waiting for a flight. Malaysian police say they are now … Read more
Malaysia on Monday summoned the North Korean ambassador over his accusation that Kuala Lumpur was conspiring with “hostile forces” as it investigates the murder of leader Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother, the foreign ministry said. Kuala Lumpur also recalled its envoy to Pyongyang after a spat which erupted after Malaysia rejected demands from North Korean diplomats to … Read more
An Indonesian woman held over the killing of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother thought she was taking part in a TV prank, police say. Kim Jong-nam is thought to have been poisoned as he waited to board a flight in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Two women and a man were arrested over the death. Indonesia’s national police … Read more
Pyongyang has accused Malaysia of colluding with “hostile forces”, saying it would reject any results of a post-mortem examination carried out by Kuala Lumpur on the body of Kim Jong-Nam, the half brother of North Korea’s leader. The comments from the North Korean ambassador were the first official remarks from the country since the assassination … Read more