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The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated at an airport in Kuala Lumpur in February 2017.

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10 May 1971

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Murdered brother of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong-il

Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam (centre) is welcomed upon arrival at Pyongyang International Airport on Thursday. Photo: Vietnam News Agency/AFP

Vietnam’s top leader heads to North Korea for first visit in 18 years

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As I see it | Next of Kim: will saga of bloodshed, purges continue in North Korea’s dynasty?

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US still ‘prepared to engage’ with North Korea after missile test

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As North Korea plots revenge over extradited ‘spy’, assassinations may be next

Malaysia – mindful of the killing of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother on its soil four years ago – has raised security measures at sensitive locations.

26 Mar 2021 - 10:40PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: DPA

Malaysia expels North Korean diplomats after ties severed

Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the expulsion was in response to Pyongyang’s ‘unilateral and utterly irresponsible decision’ on Friday to sever diplomatic ties.

21 Mar 2021 - 10:56PM

Is North Korea’s move to cut ties with Malaysia a ‘test’ for Biden?

The action was called ‘puzzling’, and one that could ‘seriously damage efforts to improve ties between the US and the North’.

19 Mar 2021 - 9:32PMvideocam

Malaysia orders North Korean diplomats to leave as Pyongyang severs ties

Malaysia orders all North Korean diplomatic staff to exit country within 48 hours after Pyongyang severs ties over US extradition of its citizen.

19 Mar 2021 - 8:26PMvideocam

An armed officer stands guard in front of a gate at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. File photo: EPA

Malaysia plans to rekindle its once close North Korea ties

Relations between the two countries unravelled following the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur in 2016.

26 Nov 2019 - 8:45PMvideocam

The North Korean flag is seen behind razor wire on top of a wall at Pyongyang’s closed embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AP

Accidental killer: the Indonesian accused of Kim assassination

Siti Aisyah recalls how an innocent prank went horribly wrong, ending in murder and and landing her in jail.

6 Oct 2019 - 7:09AM

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Review | Who is Kim Jong-un? Biography aims to make sense of dictator

In The Great Successor, Anna Fifield digs deep into the dictator’s early life, speaking with former classmates and others who knew the reclusive leader when he struggled with foreign languages and social interaction.

21 Jun 2019 - 5:22AM

Trump says sanctions hurting North Korea, in no rush for deal with Kim

Trump on Tuesday said he had received a very warm letter from Kim, calling the correspondence ‘beautiful’.

15 Jun 2019 - 1:16AM

Donald Trump with Kim Jong-un. Photo: AFP

Trump says he received ‘beautiful letter’ from Kim Jong-un

US president tells reporters ‘I think that something will happen that’s going to be very positive’.

12 Jun 2019 - 9:57PM

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un following a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February. Photo: AFP

Kim Jong-un’s slain half-brother ‘was a CIA informant’, reports say

South Korean agencies said they could not confirm the report. The CIA declined to comment.

11 Jun 2019 - 9:51PM

Malaysia frees Vietnamese woman linked to Kim Jong-nam murder

Indonesian Siti Aisyah – the only other person accused of the 2017 killing using a banned nerve agent – had already been freed.

3 May 2019 - 10:08PM

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Loyalty on show as North Koreans honour Kim dynasty leaders

North Koreans are taught from birth to revere the Kim family and the ceremonies surrounding such occasions are one of the ways in which authorities reinforce loyalty

15 Apr 2019 - 2:52PM

Soldiers pay tribute to the statues of former leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on Mansu Hill to mark the Day of the Sun in Pyongyang. Photo: AP

Vietnamese woman linked to Kim Jong-nam murder, to be freed on May 3

Doan Thi Huong, charged with murder more than two years ago, pleaded guilty on April 1 to a lesser charge of ‘causing hurt’, punishable by up to 10 years in prison

13 Apr 2019 - 10:59PM

Will North Korea try to kill women linked to Kim Jong-nam’s murder?

Doan Thi Huong and Siti Aisyah maintain that they were tricked into smearing nerve agent on the face of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother. Now that both will soon be free from custody, will Pyongyang attempt to silence them for good?

3 Apr 2019 - 6:26AM

Vietnamese suspect in Kim Jong-nam killing will be freed in May

Doan Thi Huong has been on trial since 2017 for the murder of Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur airport with a toxic nerve agent.

1 Apr 2019 - 9:28PM

Doan Thi Huong, who was a suspect in the murder of Kim Jong-nam. Photo: Reuters

Masked assailants plotting Kim’s overthrow raid North Korean embassy

Masked assailants infiltrated compound in Madrid, Spain, tied staff up with rope, stole computers and phones, and fled in two luxury vehicles.

16 Mar 2019 - 10:52PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at Vietnam's Dong Dang railway station on March 2, 2019, as he leaves the country following a two-day summit with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi. Photo: Kyodo

Video | Kim Jong-nam murder trial to proceed for Vietnamese suspect

14 Mar 2019 - 8:28PM

Malaysia’s rejection of Doan’s release ‘perverse’, says her lawyer

Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong, who is accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, will continue trial on April 1 after prosecutors declined a request to free her.

14 Mar 2019 - 2:23PM

Chaos and jubilation as villagers greet ex-suspect in Kim Jong-nam killing

Siti Aisyah, who fainted during her excited homecoming, had previously been accused of assassinating Kim Jong-un’s half brother by smearing poison on his face. But neighbours said Aisyah was a victim, and young village women like her were vulnerable to deception when they moved abroad.

14 Mar 2019 - 1:09PM

Chaos, jubilation and chants of ‘Kim Jong-nam’ as Indonesian villagers welcome home Siti Aisyah, ex-suspect in killing of North Korean leader’s half brother

Vietnam asks Malaysia to free Kim Jong-nam murder suspect

The woman’s co-defendant, Indonesian national Siti Aisyah, was released on Monday following extensive lobbying from her country’s government.

13 Mar 2019 - 12:02AM

Vietnamese murder suspect Doan Thi Huong. Photo: EPA

Video | Kim Jong-nam murder suspect freed

14 Mar 2019 - 12:35PM

Town gears up to welcome freed Kim Jong-nam murder suspect

Indonesia’s government said its continual high-level lobbying resulted in Siti Aisyah’s release.

12 Mar 2019 - 1:22PM

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