North Korean dictator’s brother killed in Malaysia

He had been hiding in Malaysia since the execution of his Uncle Jang Song-thaek in 2014, at the behest of his half-brother Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, was killed in Malaysia, reports Yonhap and other South Korean media on Tuesday. Kim Jong-nam was murdered on Monday, according to sources familiar with the South Korean government.

According to South Korean broadcaster Chosun , he would have been poisoned by two women, who would be North Korean workers, at the Kuala Lumpur airport. Malaysian police only confirmed that one man was found dead at the airport. However, the identity of the victim was not disclosed.

The eldest son of dictator Kim Jong-il was often appointed as Kim Jong-un’s successor. As a result of the marriage between the dictator and his first wife, the actress Song Hye-rim, Kim Jong-nam emigrated to China in 1995 and lived between Beijing and Macau since then, supported by the Chinese government and focused on investments.

But he had been hiding in Malaysia since the execution of his Uncle Jang Song-thaek in 2014, at the behest of his half-brother Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-nam definitely lost his father’s preference when in 2001 he was detained at a Tokyo airport with a fake Dominican passport he intended to use to enter Japan and visit Disneyland Park.