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| Half-brother of N. Korean leader dead in Malaysia, reports claim he was killed | |
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| The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia, police have confirmed, according to Reuters. The official cause of death remains unknown, but a report claims he was poisoned by North Korean operatives. | |
| Police earlier told Reuters that an unidentified man had died en route to the hospital from Kuala Lumpur Airport. | |
| It was later confirmed that the man was Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un's older half brother. | |
| South Korea's TV Chosun reported that Kim had been poisoned at the airport by two women believed to be North Korean operatives. | South Korea's TV Chosun reported that Kim had been poisoned at the airport by two women believed to be North Korean operatives. |
| Those women are at large, according to the outlet, which cited multiple South Korean government sources. | Those women are at large, according to the outlet, which cited multiple South Korean government sources. |
| South Korea's Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the reports, and the country's intelligence agency could not be reached for comment by Reuters. | |
| Police said that Kim Jong-nam had planned to travel to Macau from Kuala Lumpur on Monday morning. | |
| Kim Jong-nam was known to spend a significant amount of time outside of North Korea, and had spoken publicly against his family's control of his home country. | |
| He said multiple times that he had no interest in leading his country. | He said multiple times that he had no interest in leading his country. |
| "Personally I am against third-generation succession," he told Japan's Asahi TV in 2010. | "Personally I am against third-generation succession," he told Japan's Asahi TV in 2010. |
| "I hope my younger brother will do his best for the sake of North Koreans' prosperous lives," he continued. | "I hope my younger brother will do his best for the sake of North Koreans' prosperous lives," he continued. |
| Despite Kim Jong-nam's statement, his brother Kim Jong-un did succeed his father Kim Jong-il following his death in late 2011. | |
| Kim Jong-nam was believed to be close to his uncle, Jang Sung-taek, who was North Korea's second most powerful man before being executed on Kim Jong-un's orders in 2013. |