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KIM JONG NAM

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2019
Trump publicly opposes using CIA informants against North Korea's Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump took a public stance against the use of CIA informants to spy on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, saying it would not happen on his watch and possibly taking away a valuable tool of the U.S. intelligence community.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2019
North Korean leader's slain half brother was a CIA informant, Wall Street Journal reports
Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the CIA, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 8, 2019
'The Great Successor': The making of Kim Jong Un, North Korea's despot leader
Years of extensive research and interviews make Anna Fifield's biography of Kim Jong Un and others in the Kim dynasty a must-read for those striving to understand North Korea's enigmatic comrade-in-chief.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2018
Women must have been 'trained to kill' North Korean leader's half brother, Kim Jong Nam, in Malaysia: prosecutors
Two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader must have been trained to carry out "an assassination" using the deadly VX nerve agent, Malaysian prosecutors said as they wrapped up their case on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Kim Jong Nam murder trial hears how accused Vietnamese 'actress' was recruited
A Vietnamese woman who introduced her compatriot to the North Korean masterminds behind the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, believes she was duped, a Malaysian court heard Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2018
'My life is in danger': Kim Jong Nam told Japanese friend he feared for his life, Malaysian court hears
Kim Jong Nam, the poisoned half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, told a Japanese friend in Malaysia his life was in danger six months before he was killed, a police official told a court on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2018
Malaysia further downgrading ties with North Korea a year after airport assassination, sources say
One year after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur's airport, Malaysia is further downgrading once-close ties with Pyongyang, sources familiar with the government's plans said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2017
The top overseas news stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected these international news stories as the most important of 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2017
Chaotic scenes as suspects wheeled around airport where Kim Jong Nam was killed
Handcuffed, wearing bulletproof vests and under heavily armed guard, the two women accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea's leader were pushed around a Malaysian airport in wheelchairs on Tuesday during a court visit to the crime scene.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2017
Murdered North Korean Kim Jong Nam had $100,000 in backpack, police witness says
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was carrying $100,000 in cash in his backpack at the time of his murder, the police officer investigating the case told a Malaysian court on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2017
Airport CCTV spots co-defendant in Kim Jong Nam assassination 'practicing' wiping stranger's face days earlier
Footage from an airport security camera showed Vietnamese defendant Doan Thi Huong "practicing" wiping the face of a stranger two days before she allegedly took part in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un using a similar technique, police told a Malaysian court on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2017
Kim Jong Nam had $120,000 in cash when killed, had earlier met with suspected U.S. spy: report
The half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was in possession of $120,000 when he was killed at a Kuala Lumpur airport in February, the Asahi Shimbun daily reported, adding that he met with an American suspected of connections with a U.S. intelligence agency four days before his death.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2017
U.S. toxicologist meets Aum cultist on death row to discuss Kim Jong Nam murder
A U.S. toxicologist researching incidents involving the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo met one of its former senior members on death row on Thursday to discuss the recent murder of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader's half-brother, by VX, a deadly nerve agent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2017
'Dollars and euros': How a Malaysian firm helped fund North Korea's leadership
Over the past two decades, North Korean-born Han Hun Il, the founding chief executive of a Malaysian conglomerate, funneled money to the leadership in Pyongyang, a North Korean defector, speaking out for the first time, has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2017
Malaysia releases body of Kim Jong Nam to North Korea, travel bans lifted
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that the body of Kim Jong Nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been released to North Korea, bringing an end to a diplomatic spat that escalated over nearly seven weeks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2017
Kim Jong Nam's body still in Malaysia amid talk of deal with North Korea
The body of Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered in Malaysia last month, is still in Kuala Lumpur, health minister Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said Tuesday, amid reports the remains of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon leave the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2017
Malaysian police reportedly enter North Korean Embassy amid rumors of Kim corpse handover to Pyongyang
The Malaysian police on Sunday entered the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with last month's murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, according to a Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2017
Kim Jong Nam killing could be extrajudicial case, U.N. expert says
The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea said Monday the recent murder in Malaysia of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, could amount to an extrajudicial killing, which would open the door to international investigation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2017
Japan provides data on Kim Jong Nam to aid Malaysian murder probe
Japan gave fingerprint data for Kim Jong Nam to Malaysia to aid in the investigation of his murder.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2017
North Korea doesn't belong on state terrorism list
The U.S. and its allies should respond to what Pyongyang is rather than what it isn't.

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