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The article discusses the murder of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's half brother Kim Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2017, and it mentions how two young Asian women killed Kim Jong Nam by smearing the deadly nerve agent VX on his face. According to the article, Kim Jong Nam was the eldest son of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. Several suspects such as Siti Aisyah, Doan Thi Huong, and a North Korean scientist are assessed.

The article focuses on the South Korean legislator Thae Yong-ho will regularly appear in a dark fedora hat, a gray suit with a white shirt, tortoiseshell sunglasses. It mentions that he fled a regime fond of dramatic assassinations of those it views as traitors or threats, including the murder of Kim Jong Un's halfbrother, Kim Jong Nam, at the airport in Kuala Lumpur with a nerve agent. It also mentions that North Korean elites may have hated Kim's brutal rule, but they tolerated it out of self-preservation because they believed they had no better options.

Three years and a month ago, Kim Jong Nam - eldest son of Kim Jong Il, once his heir apparent but later exiled - was murdered: not in the shadows, but in broad daylight in a crowded airport in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Not least through cybercrime, which the UN Panel of Experts reckons has netted the Kim regime a cool $2 billion so far. [Extracted from the article]

The article examines the potential for the head of political power within the nation of North Korea to be transferred from ruler Kim Jong Il to one of his three sons. The author examines the Western proclivities of Jong’s sons, who are named Kim Jong Nam, Kim Jong Chul, and Kim Jong Un, and attests that none of them seem prepared to lead the nation.

The article discusses the willingness of international club Assassins Without Borders members, such as Saudi Arabia, the U.S., and North Korea, to defy international law in order to assassinate their opponents and critics. Topics mentioned include the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, move of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un regime to sent agents to Malaysia to kill his half-brother Kim Jong Nam, and use of polonium by Russian agents to poison former agent Alexander Litvinenko.

The article reports on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's brother Kim Jong-nam and his assassination. It mentions that he was killed by two women from Indonesia and Vietnam through the chemical weapon VX which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considered the strongest nerve agent. It also notes that the poison lasted him for 15 minutes.

The article reports on the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, at an airport restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Vietnam on February 13, 2017. It mentions that the Kim assassination and the missile test of North Korea jolted the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and show why North Korea is a vexing problem for the U.S., it allies and China, the sole ally of North Korea.

The article discusses questions regarding whether the Xv nerve agent was used to kill Kim Jong-nam as Malaysian authorities originally believed as it is the most toxic substance known, did not contaminate other people in the area, and took some time to effect Kim Jong-nam.

Reports on the power struggle between siblings Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Chol, on who will succeed the leadership of their father Kim Jong Il in the world's only communist dynasty North Korea. Discovery made by Central Intelligence Agency analyst Merrily Baird about the childhood experiences Kim Jong Nam with their dictator father; Personality of Kim Jong Chol; Mistresses of Kim Jong Il.

(Bloomberg) -- For about as long as North Korea has existed, Kim Pyong Il has been considered a possible successor to the throne. Kim Pyong Il returned to Pyongyang last November, so that Kim Jong Un could keep a closer watch on him, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported, citing intelligence sources. Kim Pyong Il is largely seen as a contender this time by those who discount Kim Yo Jong due to her age and gender, according to Rachel Minyoung Lee, a former North Korea analyst with the U.S. government. [Extracted from the article]

The author reports his experiences in Macau searching for Kim Jong Nam, eldest son of North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il. The article looks at Jong Nam's past and mentions how he has fallen from favor in the eyes on Jong Il. Also mentioned in the article are other reporters' exploits in order to catch a glimpse of Jong Nam, however, no record of his appearance is given.

Focuses on the outlook for a power struggle between Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Chol, the two sons of dictator Kim Jong IL in North Korea. Background on the half brothers; Concern that there will be trouble if the older brother is disinherited; Discussion of a military directive circulated by the People's Army that praises a woman identified as Omonim, or Respected Mother; Importance of decoding the military directive, an internal document leaked to the South Korean opinion journal, 'Monthly Chosun.'

When U.S. officials call the North Korean regime "mafialike," they aren't exaggerating. Of late, Washington has been focusing on more-pressing matters like North Korea's rogue missile sales and nuclear bomb program. The criminal activity is getting hard to ignore. North Korean diplomatic and trade missions, long used as smuggling centers, are being watched more closely, forcing the regime to split the take in "joint ventures" with traffickers from China, Japan, and Taiwan. U.S. officials say they've seen videotape of dictator Kim Jong Il's son, Kim Jong Nam, using counterfeit dollars at a Macao casino.

This section offers news briefs from around the world as of February 2017. Topics covered include the death of Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the charges of sexual offenses facing Jeffrey Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sadusky and the discovery of extraordinary levels of toxic pollution in the Mariana Trench.

The article reports on the recent assassination of Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, who was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13, 2017 and fallout on the diplomatic relations between North Korea and Malaysia.

The article reports that Siti Aisyah, the Indonesian woman who had been charged with the murder of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017, has been released from custody after the Malaysian government has dropped the murder charge.

Two North Korean agents arrested in Beijing: JoongAng Ilbo Two of seven North Korean agents were arrested over the alleged plot to kill Kim Han Sol, whose father Kim Jong Nam was assassinated in Malaysia earlier this year, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified person familiar with North Korean issues. [Extracted from the article]

Kim Yo Jong, 28, promoted to ruling party's political bureau Kim Yo Jong has since appeared more prominently in public and been seen as the most influential woman along with Kim Jong Un's wife, Ri Sol Ju, in a country where family ties mean more than any title or rank. [Extracted from the article]

The body of Kim Jong Nam will be released and the nine Malaysians barred from leaving North Korea are on their way home, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement. North Koreans would now be allowed to leave Malaysia and the coroner has approved the release of Kim's body, Najib said in the statement released late on Thursday. Tensions between Malaysia and North Korea rose in the wake of the attack with the latter declining to confirm that the deceased was Kim Jong Nam. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the alleged assassination of former leader Kim Jong-Nam in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who is also the half-brother of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un, and Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak who criticized North Korea for detaining its citizens in connection with the same.

The article presents the reports published on the social media which include topics like raging, and assassination of Kim Jong-nam.

The article discusses the murder of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, by two women at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13, 2017, including autopsy results that suggest he was poisoned by the nerve agent VX, and an attempt to break into the morgue where Mr. Kim's body was held.

Malaysia will charge two female suspects on Wednesday with the murder of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's half-brother. Malaysian police said a preliminary report showed that VX nerve agent was used in the murder of Kim Jong Nam -- the eldest son of late leader Kim Jong Il who was murdered in a Kuala Lumpur airport on Feb. 13. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses China's blocking of coal imports from North Korea as a response to North Korea's ballistic missile test and its assassination of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Malaysia.

Malaysian authorities have declared Kuala Lumpur International Airport safe after a sweep of the terminal found no traces of a potent nerve agent used to kill Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader. This is the first time VX nerve agent has been found in Malaysia, Bernama reported, citing Deputy Health Minister Hilmi Yahaya. [Extracted from the article]

Substance found on victim's face and eyes, police say A preliminary report showed that VX Nerve Agent was used in the murder of North Korea's Kim Jong Nam, Malaysian police said. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses issues behind the alleged murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in February 2017. Also cited are the two North Korean female agents who allegedly attacked Jong Nam, who is considered as Kim Jong Il's favourite son, and Jong Un's move to consolidate power by killing around 140 senior officials including his uncle and security chief Jang Song Thaek.

Two Asian women poisoned Kim Jong Nam at airport: lawmaker Kim Jong Nam was born to a woman who was forced by Kim Jong Il to leave her husband and live with the dictator, according to Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea analyst at Sejong Institute near Seoul. [Extracted from the article]

Kim Jong Nam had lived outside North Korea for years Kim Jong Nam was born to a woman who was forced by Kim Jong Il to leave her husband and live with the dictator, according to Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea analyst at Sejong Institute near Seoul. [Extracted from the article]

An open letter to former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in response to the his decision to select his youngest son Kim Jong-un as his successor is presented. He says that he is not surprised that his eldest son Kim Jong-nam was not chosen because the latter is only interested in the Mickey Mouse Club. He adds that the decision of the leader to disregard his middle son Kim Jong-chul who was rumored to be a homosexual is a blow to the hopes of gays for equal representation in the government. He challenges the leader to acknowledge that he has a gay son.

This article reports on North Korean President Kim Jong Il, and his naming of a successor. Several options for the position are presented, including his sons Kim Jong Nam, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Chol, and daughter Kim Sol Song. Brief biographies are presented on the candidates along with commentary on their likelihood of being selected.

Discusses the succession struggle between the brothers Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Chol, the sons of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. Consideration of the nuclear arms program in North Korea; Status of a military document from North Korea in which a woman called Omonim, the respected mother, praises Kim Jong Il; How Kim Jong Nam was detained while trying to enter Japan in 2001; Suggestion that the respected mother directive is an attempt to name John Chol as his father's successor.