WASHINGTON: The recent killing of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be a key topic when South Korea, the US and Japan hold trilateral strategy talks on how to deal with Pyongyang, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported an official as saying Sunday. Kim Hong-kyun, Seoul's chief negotiator on the North Korean nuclear issue, made the remark upon arriving in Washington for the trilateral talks with his US and Japanese counterparts Joseph Yun and Kenji Kanasugi, respectively. "A lot of opinions will be exchanged with regard to the killing of Kim Jong-nam," Kim told Yonhap at the airport. "In particular, as Malaysia has determined that the chemical weapons agent VX was used in Kim Jong-nam's killing, there will be discussions on how to deal with that," Kim added. The three countries have often held such a trilateral strategy session to fine-tune and coordinate their North Korean policies.

Source: New Strait Times February 27, 2017 10:18 UTC