Kim Jong-nam assassinated because of family links to power
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North Korean agents are suspected to have killed a former heir apparent to the isolated country's Communist dictatorship. Kim Jong-nam died in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur after reportedly being poisoned. He's the son of Kim Jong-il, and at one stage he was being groomed to take over, before he fell out of favour and went into semi-exile. Now, speculation's mounting that the assassination was ordered by Kim Jong-nam's half brother - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
Source: The World Today | Duration: 3min 39sec
Topics: communism, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
North Korean agents are suspected to have killed a former heir apparent the isolated country's Communist Dictatorship. Kim Jong-nam died in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, after reportedly being poisoned.
The son of Kim Jong-il, at one stage he was being groomed to take over before he fell out of favour and went into semi-exile. South Korean media is reporting that two female agents jabbed him with a needle while he was waiting for a plane at the KL Airport.
Speculation is mounting that the assassination was ordered by Kim Jong-nam's half brother - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
And it comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula caused by Pyongyang conducting another missile test.
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