SEOUL — South Korea confirmed Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother has been murdered in Malaysia, confirming reports of his assassination at Kuala Lumpur’s airport. "Our government is certain that the murdered man is Kim Jong-nam," said Chung Joon-hee, a spokesman for Seoul’s unification ministry that handles inter-Korea affairs. He was put into an ambulance and was being taken to the Putrajaya Hospital when he was pronounced dead," he said. South Korean reports had earlier suggested the two female assassins had used poison-tipped needles during the killing, before fleeing in a taxi. Kim, 45, is believed to have been in Malaysia on a passport bearing the name Kim Chol, a known alias, according to South Korean media.

Source: Viet Nam News February 15, 2017 04:44 UTC