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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.
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.
Dec 16, 2020 · They literally met at the moment that they touched Kim Jong Nam's face in the airport. And they had VX nerve agent, which is the most dangerous chemical weapon, on their hands. He died...
Jul 26, 2017 · Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong face the death penalty if they are convicted of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and half-brother of current...
Feb 15, 2017 · By Choe Sang-Hun and Richard C. Paddock. 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...
Oct 23, 2017 · KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Eight months after the audacious assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother, a Malaysian court is trying to unweave a complicated web of deception, political intrigue and cold-blooded brutality — a scheme allegedly cooked up by a network of North Koreans who have never, and ...
