The suspected assassin of Kim Jong Nam reportedly appeared on 'Vietnam Idol'
(Reuters) - The Vietnamese woman suspected of helping to kill the North Korean leader's half-brother was a keen singer whose Facebook pages featured pouting portraits and pictures of parties.Four days...
View ArticleChina denies increasing troops on the North Korean border
BEIJING (Reuters) - China denied on Thursday that it had increased its troop presence on the border with North Korea after the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in...
View ArticleNorth Korea: China is 'dancing to the tune' of the United States
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea issued a rare reproach of China on Thursday saying its main diplomatic backer was "dancing to the tune" of the United States for halting North Korean coal imports because...
View ArticleThe chemical used to kill Kim Jong Un's half-brother is classified as a...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — VX nerve agent, a chemical the United Nations classifies as a weapon of mass destruction, was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a...
View ArticleThe nerve toxin reportedly used on Kim Jong Un's half-brother takes only a...
On February 13 in a Malaysian airport, authorities say, two women sprayed poison on Kim Jong-nam — the exiled half-brother of North Korea's ruler, Kim Jong Un — leading to Jong-nam's death.South Korean...
View ArticleKim Jong Un's half brother was assassinated — here's what we know so far
Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, was killed on February 13.When news of a man getting fatally poisoned at a Kuala Lumpur airport first broke, the event caused a local...
View ArticleMalaysia says it will issue an arrest warrant for North Korean diplomat over...
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia said on Saturday it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong Nam if he doesn't voluntarily...
View ArticleSuspect accused of killing Kim Jong-Nam claims to have been paid $90 for what...
The Indonesian woman who is one of the suspects arrested over the killing of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has reportedly told authorities she was paid 400 Malaysian riggits ($90) to carry...
View ArticleMalaysia declares airport safe for travel after nerve agent attack killed Kim...
Malaysia on Sunday declared its international airport a "safe zone" after completing a sweep of the terminal where the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was assaulted with a...
View ArticleSouth Korea names North Korean officials as suspects in the killing of Kim...
SEOUL (Reuters) - The killing of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was organized by the reclusive state's ministry of state security and foreign ministry, according to South Korean...
View ArticleSeoul: Kim Jong Un had 5 senior security officials executed with...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that "enraged" leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's spy agency said...
View ArticleSouth Korea: 'It is high time' for the UN to act on North Korea's human...
South Korea called on Monday for major powers to criminally pursue North Korea's leadership before its "ever-worsening" human rights record including mass executions and forced labor threatened world...
View ArticleThe 2 women charged with the murder of Kim Jong Un's half brother are heading...
TOKYO (AP) — Because of a grainy security camera photo that went viral online, she is now known to many as the LOL assassin.But as Doan Thi Huong arrived at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to...
View ArticleSouth Korea agrees to US missile defenses, China reacts with anger, threats
Chinese state media have reacted with anger and boycott threats after the board of an affiliate of South Korea's Lotte Group approved a land swap with the government that allows authorities to deploy a...
View ArticleThe White House is considering direct military action to counter North Korea
In a dramatic shift from traditional policy, an internal White House review on North Korean strategy revealed that the option to use military force, or a regime change to curb the threat of North...
View ArticleA high-level North Korea defector says he's certain Kim Jong Un was behind...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A high-level defector says he's certain North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was behind Kim Jong Nam's death.Thae Yong Ho told reporters from Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV that it...
View ArticleNorth Korean claims it was a heart attack, not a lethal nerve agent, that...
A North Korean envoy has claimed it was a heart attack, not a lethal nerve agent, that killed Kim Jong Un's brother, the AP reports.An autopsy carried out by Malaysian authorities showed that the...
View ArticleVietnam is giving legal support to the woman accused of killing Kim Jong Nam
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Thursday emphasized the legal support it was giving a Vietnamese woman charged in the bizarre murder of Kim Jong Nam in Malaysia after growing calls at home for more action...
View ArticleHow the women accused of killing Kim Jong Un's brother may have avoided...
The women accused of killing Kim Jong Un’s brother Kim Jong-nam are still alive, for now.Why they’re still alive has been a great mystery for the past couple of days.It’s all but certain Indonesian...
View ArticleMalaysia expels North Korean ambassador after Kim Jong Nam murder
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on Saturday expelled the North Korean ambassador to the country, declaring him "persona non grata" and asking the envoy to leave Malaysia within 48 hours.The move comes nearly...
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