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On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He had been living abroad since his exile from North Korea in 2003.
Police mugshots of Siti Aisyah (left) and Doan Thi Huong, who were imprisoned for the murder of Kim Jong-nam. When four years ago film-maker Ryan White heard about the airport assassination...
Feb 15, 2017 · According to the National Intelligence Service of South Korea, he was poisoned by two women who appeared to be carrying out an assassination order from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. Mr....
Dec 16, 2020 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with filmmaker Ryan White about his documentary Assassins, which explores the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother at a Malaysian airport.
Kim Jong-Nam, North Korean scion who was the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, ruler (1994–2011) of North Korea. Although he was widely expected for many years to succeed his father, he fell out of favor and went into exile. He was assassinated in an airport in Kuala Lumpur.
- Pat Bauer
The women, Siti Aisyah, 25, of Indonesia, and Doan Thi Huong, 29, of Vietnam, are accused of killing Kim by smearing a banned chemical on his face in Kuala Lumpur’s international airport.
Jul 26, 2017 · Police say Kim Jong Nam died in an ambulance on February 13, after being poisoned by VX nerve agent, a substance so deadly the United Nations classifies it as a weapon of mass destruction.
