Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong (left) and Indonesian Siti Aisyah were rushed into the courtroom under heavy protection for their hearing on Friday. (Reuters photos)KUALA LUMPUR - Two women accused of the Cold War-style assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader in Malaysia will go on trial in October, a judge said Friday. Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, a lawyer for Huong, said the judge had decided to take the women's pleas at the start of the trial. Seoul accuses North Korea of being behind the murder of Kim Jong-Un's estranged relative, a charge Pyongyang denies. Under the terms of that agreement, nine Malaysians prevented from leaving Pyongyang were freed and three North Koreans in Malaysia were allowed to go home.

Source: Bangkok Post July 28, 2017 03:22 UTC