Kim Jong-nam (Korean: 김정남, Korean: [kim.dzɔŋ.nam]; [a] 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. [1]

On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He had been living abroad since his exile from North Korea in 2003.

Jan 15, 2025 · Kim Jong-Nam, North Korean scion who was the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, ruler (1994–2011) of North Korea. Although he was widely expected for many years to succeed his father, he fell out of favor and went into exile. He was assassinated in an airport in Kuala Lumpur.

Jul 26, 2017 · Police say Kim Jong Nam died in an ambulance on February 13, after being poisoned by VX nerve agent, a substance so deadly the United Nations classifies it as a weapon of mass destruction.

Feb 14, 2017 · When Jong-nam was an infant, his aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, (Kim Jong-il's sister) tried to take the baby away and adopt him as her own child. She was overruled, but she would always support...

Feb 27, 2017 · Two North Korean ministries orchestrated the plot to kill Kim Jong Nam on the orders of his half-brother, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s spy agency has said.

Feb 25, 2017 · Four days after the airport attack, Malaysia's deputy prime minister officially confirms the dead man is Kim Jong-nam. Another female suspect, Siti Aisyah, a 25-year-old Indonesian, is named...

Feb 15, 2017 · Kim Jong-nam squandered what little chance he may have had to succeed his father when he embarrassed Pyongyang in 2001; he was caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport from the...

Feb 14, 2017 · Kim Jong Nam, the older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, collapsed at the Kuala Lumpur airport and died, Malaysian police said Tuesday in what may have been an assassination ...

Kim Jong-un repeatedly has demonstrated his ruthlessness in purging challengers—real or perceived—and even had his uncle executed. Kim Jong-nam reportedly had a price on his head since 2012, so his murder should come as no surprise. But questions remain: Why now?