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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.
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.
A toxicologist testified that at the time of his death, Kim was carrying 12 vials of atropine, an antidote for VX nerve agent, the chemical used in his assassination. Kim was also carrying...
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 favor after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to ...
He was killed by two women who forced a cloth impregnated with a potent nerve gas over his face and then disappeared into the airport crowd; analysts believed that the murder was likely to have been ordered by Kim Jong-Un.
Feb 14, 2017 · During the Arduous March of the 1990s, as thousands of North Korean citizens starved to death, Jong-nam participated in audits in which central party officials reviewed the finances and...
Feb 20, 2017 · News of Kim Jong Nam’s death broke on the night of Tuesday, February 14. Police initially described the incident as a “sudden death” pending the results of a post-mortem.