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    Oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il

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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] He was thought to have fallen out of favour after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to ...

  2. 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. Following his visit to the resort island Langkawi, Kim Jong-nam arrived at terminal 2 sometime before 9: ...

  3. 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 within an hour.

  4. May 9, 2024 · 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. Although he was widely expected for many years to succeed his father, he fell out of favour and went into exile.

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  5. Oct 23, 2017 · Kim Jong Nam, who was 45 or 46, was the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. He had been seen as a potential heir to the country’s dynastic leadership until he very publicly fell from grace when he was caught trying to enter Japan in 1998 to visit Tokyo Disneyland.

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  7. Feb 15, 2017 · Kim Jong-il adored his first son, Kim Jong-nam. He once seated his young son at his desk and told him, “This is the place where you will one day give orders,” according to Lee Han-young, a ...

  8. Kim Jong-nam had not been in favour with his half-brother Kim Jong-un, who had been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011. For some years he lived in exile in Macau and the new documentary ...

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