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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 (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.
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...
Jul 26, 2017 · Police say Kim Jong Nam died in an ambulance on February 13, after being poisoned by VX nerve agent, a substance so deadly the United Nations classifies it as a weapon of mass destruction.
Feb 14, 2017 · By Michael Madden. North Korea leadership expert. Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the elder half-brother of current leader Kim Jong-un....
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.
Feb 22, 2017 · The very public killing of Mr. Kim appears to be another remarkable episode in the annals of bizarre North Korean behavior, a whodunit with geopolitical implications. Speculation swirled that he ...
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.
Feb 14, 2017 · Kim Jong Nam, the older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, collapsed at the Kuala Lumpur airport and died, Malaysian police said Tuesday in what may have been an assassination ...
