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Kim Jong-Nam was known as an advocate of reform in North Korea.
KIM JONG NAM

Kim Jong-un’s half-brother assassinated in Malaysia, according to South Korean media

Officials in Seoul and Kuala Lumpur could not confirm the death of Kim Jong-Nam, once seen as heir apparent in the North.

  • Simon Martin
3 min read
‘Dear Leader’ departs: Kim Jong-Il dead at 69
JUNG HA WON

N Korea’s ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-Il dies of heart attack

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died of a heart attack, aged 69, plunging the impoverished, nuclear-armed nation into uncertainty.

  • Jung Ha Won
3 min read