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Kim Jong-nam was born on 10 May 1971 in Pyongyang, North Korea, to Song Hye-rim, [7] one of four women known to have had children with Kim Jong Il.Because Kim Jong Il aimed to keep his affair with Song a secret due to the disapproval of his father Kim Il Sung, he initially kept Jong-nam out of school, instead sending him to live with Song's older sister Song Hye-rang, who tutored him at home. [8]
It is widely believed that Kim Jong-nam was murdered on the orders of Kim Jong Un. [1] [2] [3] Four North Korean suspects, later confirmed as spies, left the airport shortly after the assassination and reached Pyongyang without being arrested. Other North Koreans were arrested but were released without charge.
The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline (Korean: 백두혈통), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang in May. SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean state media reported for the first time Wednesday on the political instability in South Korea, ...
This undated photo provided on Nov. 27, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his daughter, right, walk to a photo session with those involved in ...
Kim Jong-nam was killed in Malaysia in 2017 by suspected North Korean agents. [41] Kim Jong Il's former personal chef, Kenji Fujimoto, revealed details regarding Kim Jong Un, with whom he had a good relationship, [42] stating that he was favored to be his father's successor.
Friday marks 10 years since Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, took power after his father's sudden heart attack. Kim switched gears again and staged landmark ...
Malaysia–North Korea relations [a] were once strong but deteriorated following the 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia was once one of the few countries with which North Korea enjoyed functional diplomatic and economic relationships. However, ties between the two countries have disintegrated.