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Documentary Assassins reveals shocking details on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's brother's murder

The film focuses on the two women - Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong - who were charged with poisoning Kim by smearing his face with the banned chemical weapon VX and had at one point faced a mandatory death penalty in Malaysia. Defense lawyers maintained they were pawns in an assassination orchestrated by North Korean agents.

Jan 30, 2021, 07:58 AM IST

Top North Korean official in China for talks after Kim's murder

A senior North Korean diplomat today arrived in China, the first visit since Beijing's ban on coal imports from its reclusive neighbour and the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's older half-brother in Malaysia.

Feb 28, 2017, 17:28 PM IST

Son of murdered North Korean due in Malaysia: Report

An airline source said Kim Han Sol was arriving in Kuala Lumpur on an AirAsia flight from Macau.
 

Feb 20, 2017, 17:55 PM IST

North Korean envoy says cannot trust Malaysian probe

North Korean ambassador Kang Chol told reporters the embassy had only ever identified the victim as Kim Chol, based on passport carried by the dead man.
 

Feb 20, 2017, 13:31 PM IST

Kim`s family must provide DNA sample before body released: Malaysia police

Kim Jong-Nam was believed to have been in Malaysia on a passport bearing the name Kim Chol, a known alias, according to South Korean media.

Feb 17, 2017, 10:25 AM IST

No strangers to "wet jobs": Suspected killings overseas by North Korean agents

The mysterious death of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea`s leader, is only the latest in a series of assassinations and attempted killings that agents from the reclusive state have been blamed for.

Feb 15, 2017, 14:13 PM IST

Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong Nam was killed by female assassins?

Kim Jong Nam had been at the Malaysian airport`s low-cost terminal to catch a flight to Macau on Monday, when someone grabbed or held his face from behind.

Feb 15, 2017, 11:27 AM IST