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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. [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.
May 9, 2024 · 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
Feb 15, 2017 · SEOUL, South Korea — When North Korea held a state funeral for its leader, Kim Jong-il, in 2011, one son was conspicuously absent. The absence of Kim Jong-nam — the eldest son of the...
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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.
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 22, 2017 · Kim Jong-nam was an early dropout in the Kim dynasty’s third-generation power struggle. Sidelined from the race to succeed his father since the 1970s, when his mother was abandoned by his...
