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North Korea, Malaysia tussle over corpse; 4th suspect nabbed
At a hospital morgue in Malaysia’s capital, the tightly guarded corpse of a middle-aged man has become the focus of a dizzying case of international intrigue involving five countries, combative North Korean diplomats and an apparently duped female assassin.Investigators are still trying to piece together details of what appears to be the brazen assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s mercurial ruler and an exiled member of the country’s elite. Malaysian police said Satur
Feb. 19, 2017
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N. Korean man arrested in Kim Jong-nam murder case
Malaysian police said Saturday they have arrested a North Korean man in connection with the recent killing of the North Korean leader's half brother amid a diplomatic feud between Malaysia and North Korea over an autopsy.Ri Jong-chol, 46, was arrested at 9:50 p.m. Friday night in Selangor state, the police said in a statement. He is the fourth suspect arrested in connection to the murder of Kim Jong-nam on Monday. Shown here is a press release from the Malaysian police on the arrest of Ri Jong-c
Feb. 18, 2017
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S. Korea repatriates 5 N. Korean fishermen
South Korea handed over five North Korean fishermen to the communist country on Saturday, five days after they were picked up from a boat drifting off South Korea's eastern coast, an official said.The repatriation took place at the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas around 11:30 a.m., according to the unification ministry official. (Yonhap)South Korea said the five fishermen expressed their wish to go back to North Korea. The five fishermen were rescued by a South Korean c
Feb. 18, 2017
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No US policy on N. Korea should only be composed of sanctions: Victor Cha
The Donald Trump administration should not rely solely on sanctions and diplomatic isolation in handling North Korea, Victor Cha, a former director at the White House's National Security Council, said Friday."With regard to diplomacy, no US policy should be composed of only sanctions, military exercises and diplomatic isolation," Cha said in his presentation on the new US administration's North Korea policy during a conference hosted by the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies in Seoul.Victor C
Feb. 18, 2017
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Kim Jong-nam autopsy inconclusive, body re-examined: news report
Malaysia police performed a second autopsy on the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, a news report said, as Pyongyang vowed not to accept the result of any autopsy.Associated Press reported that the second autopsy started Friday night because the results of the first one were inconclusive, quoting an unidentified Malaysian official.Still, there are conflicting media reports about an autopsy. Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a restaurant i
Feb. 18, 2017
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Family, friends describe ‘nice girl’ embroiled in Kim case
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Family and former neighbors of the Indonesian woman suspected of involvement in the audacious killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother in Malaysia are stunned by the arrest of the young mother who they say was a polite and quiet “nice girl.” Siti Aisyah, 25, is one of three people arrested so far by Malaysian police for possible involvement in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong-nam. Between 2008 and 2011 she and her then-husband lived in a modest dwellin
Feb. 17, 2017
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Book author: Kim Jong-nam was a small hope for hope
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese author of a book about Kim Jong-nam, the North Korean leader's half brother who was killed this week at a Malaysian airport, says Kim opposed his family's hereditary rule and wanted economic reforms. 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 a
Feb. 17, 2017
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NK fishermen rescued in South to be repatriated
Five North Korean fishermen rescued in the South earlier this week will be repatriated to their country, the unification ministry said Friday.The fishermen were found on Monday drifting in the East Sea on a boat that experienced serious engine problems. Rescued by South Korea's maritime police, they expressed their wish to return home. The ministry said that the North made a "verbal notification" later in the day that it will take all of them home through the truce village of Panmunjom at 11 a.m
Feb. 17, 2017
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N. Koreans unaware of death of leader's half brother: sources
North Koreans do not appear to be aware of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother as Pyongyang has tightened control over the inflow of outside information, sources here said Friday.But despite the regime's surveillance, it is only a matter of time before the news spreads as more North Korean residents have secret access to outside information, they said.Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of late former leader Kim Jong-il, was killed in an airport in Malaysia on Monday after being
Feb. 17, 2017
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NK should be relisted as terror sponsor if it is behind Kim Jong-nam's murder: report
A US congressman has stressed that the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's estranged half brother, Kim Jong-nam, if confirmed as an act by the country, should result in it being put back on the US terrorism sponsor list, a US broadcaster said Friday.Rep. Ted Poe, who serves as chairman of the House's subcommittee on terrorism and trade, told Radio Free Asia that it is a "very serious problem" if Kim Jong-un assassinated his half brother. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting
Feb. 17, 2017
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S. Korea fails to repatriate rescued NK fishermen
South Korea failed Thursday to repatriate rescued North Korean fishermen, as the North did not respond to its call, Seoul's unification ministry said.South Korea had planned to send the five crewmen rescued in the East Sea earlier this week back to North Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border earlier in the day. (Yonhap)The government will try to contact the neighbor again on Friday, said the ministry handling inter-Korean affairs.They were found drifting on the vess
Feb. 16, 2017
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Theories abound over murder motive
The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, in broad daylight at a busy international airport, has spawned various theories about the motive behind the killing. South Korean intelligence said that the assassination of the elder Kim was a standing order from Kim Jong-un for the past five years, but many suspect there may have been a more urgent need to carry it out now. Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (Yonhap)
Feb. 16, 2017
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Unfazed by murder, NK marks late leader’s birthday
Unfazed by the global furor over Kim Jong-nam’s death, North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong-il’s birth Thursday. The incumbent ruler Kim Jong-un, who was seen stone-faced and staring into space throughout a party-government-military assembly in television footage a day earlier, paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which houses the embalmed bodies of his father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung, the official Korean Central News Agency said. The
Feb. 16, 2017
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Elite female spy unit behind killing of Kim Jong-nam: defector
The two women involved in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the elder half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, are most likely to be members of an elite female reconnaissance team, according to a former North Korean ranking intelligence official. “I am confident that North Korea mobilized the Moran Platoon to kill Kim Jong-nam,” the former North Korean official said Thursday, on condition of anonymity.“The special unit, affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau, consists of wome
Feb. 16, 2017
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2 more arrested over death of NK leader’s brother
Malaysian authorities said Thursday they have detained an Indonesian woman and a Malaysian man in connection with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother, one day after arresting a woman with a Vietnamese passport. The second woman, 25-year-old Siti Aishah from Serang in Banten province, was alone and carrying an Indonesian passport when caught by the authorities. Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysia’s inspector general of police, said in a statement that they had “positively identifi
Feb. 16, 2017
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British historian says N. Korea's fingerprints on Kim Jong-un's half brother's murder
The recent murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother has Pyongyang's fingerprints all over it, a British historian specializing in the Korean War (1950-53) said Thursday."Speaking from a military perspective, if you want to assassinate someone, the perfect location is an airport," Andrew Salmon said after being awarded an order from the British government in recognition of his books on the Korean War. U.K. Ambassador to South Korea Charles Hay (L) presents the Most Excellent Orde
Feb. 16, 2017
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[Video] Web of intrigue in assassination
A tale of an intricate, well-planned execution is unravelling with the arrest of a 28-year-old woman at KLIA2, the scene of assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.The woman, who was holding a Vietnamese passport identifying her as Doan Thi Huong, was detained at the airport at 8.20am yesterday before she could board a plane to Vietnam.A taxi driver was arrested earlier.According to reports, the woman, who was captured on CCTV wearing a white
Feb. 16, 2017
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N. Korea's spy agency sees increase in women recruits: report
The Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's top spy agency, has seen the number of women joining increase sharply and expand the scope of operations since the North's spy bodies were integrated into the bureau in 2009, a US broadcaster said Thursday.A North Korean defector, who was formerly affiliated with the bureau, said on condition of anonymity in an interview with Radio Free Asia that the bureau took measures to expand the number of female agents and their missions at the time of the b
Feb. 16, 2017
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N. Korean diplomats had pressed Kim Jong-nam to return home: report
North Korean diplomats had tried to persuade Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un, to return home voluntarily shortly before he was killed at an airport in Malaysia earlier this week, a US broadcaster reported Thursday, citing a unnamed North Korean official.The official told Radio Free Asia that the current leader had ordered the State Security Ministry to bring Kim Jong-nam, who was staying overseas, back to the North, instructing its diplomats to talk him
Feb. 16, 2017
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N. Korean leader's next target may be undisclosed defector: lawmaker
A lawmaker from the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee said Thursday that North Korean leader's next target could be undisclosed defectors in the country.During an interview with CBS Radio, Rep. Kim Byung-kee of the Democratic Party, who served at the spy agency for 26 years, said Pyongyang could target defectors with significant intelligence not yet known to the media. Rep. Kim Byung-kee of the Democratic Party (Yonhap)"Thae Yong-ho, who was Pyongyang's No. 2 diplomat to Britain, is ope
Feb. 16, 2017