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Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.nam]; 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.
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.
6 days ago · Kim Jong-Nam (born May 10, 1971, P’yŏngyang, North Korea—died February 13, 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) was a North Korean scion who was the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, ruler (1994–2011) of North Korea.
- Pat Bauer
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.
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.
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- Joshua Berlinger
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...
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Dec 1, 2017 · The half-brother of Kim Jong-un was killed by a nerve agent in a Malaysian airport in 2017. Two women are on trial for the murder, while North Korea denies involvement and blames them as scapegoats.