South Korean agencies said Tuesday they could not confirm a report that the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was a U.S. intelligence source and had traveled to Malaysia to meet his CIA contact before being assassinated there in 2017. Add North Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest North Korea news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The Journal said Kim Jong Nam met on several occasions with CIA operatives, but also that many details of his relationship with the agency remain unclear. The U.S. and South Korea, too have blamed North Korea, but Malaysian officials never officially accused Pyongyang of involvement. Kim Jong Nam was the eldest son in the current generation of North Korea's ruling family and could have been seen as a threat to Kim Jong Un's rule.

Source: ABC News June 11, 2019 07:14 UTC