Tokyo-based journalist Yoji Gomi’s book “My Father, Kim Jong Il, and Me,” provides a rare view into North Korea’s ruling family, including Kim Jong Nam, who was apparently assassinated on Monday. Gomi said Kim Jong Nam, the son of late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il and the half brother of current leader Kim Jong Un, represented a small hope for change in the isolated communist country. He said Kim Jong Nam appeared nervous during their 2011 interview in Macau. After spending his teens in Europe, Kim Jong Nam traveled in North Korea with Kim Jong Il, an indication his father once considered his oldest son as a possible successor. Kim Jong Nam said he couldn’t comment on Kim Jong Un because they had never met.

Source: Washington Post February 17, 2017 07:13 UTC