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Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.nam]; [a] 10 May 1971 - 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. [1]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Woman Convicted in Kim Jong-nam’s Killing Is Freed in Malaysia. The Vietnamese woman’s release brings an end to the legal case in the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother ...
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 · Kim Jong-nam squandered what little chance he may have had to succeed his father when he embarrassed Pyongyang in 2001; he was caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport from the...
Feb 26, 2017 · Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, likely died within 20 minutes of being exposed to a nerve agent at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.
Feb 14, 2017 · Kim Jong Nam, the older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, collapsed at the Kuala Lumpur airport and died, Malaysian police said Tuesday in what may have been an assassination...