FILE - This May 4, 2001, file photo shows Kim Jong Nam, exiled half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Narita, Japan. No cause of death has been determined yet for Kim Jong Nam who ...

Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, was killed on February 13. When news of a man getting fatally poisoned at a Kuala Lumpur airport first broke, the event caused a ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Kim Jong Nam, the 45-year-old half-brother of Kim Jong Un, was the closest thing North Korea had to a reformer. That could also have made him a threat to his brother and the ...

“Kim Jong Nam long advocated for a pro-reform approach in North Korea and openly encouraged (Pyongyang) to follow China’s example,” said Zhao.

Kim Jong Nam had been critical of North Korea's dynastic rule. Kim Jong Un, who inherited the leadership in 2011, was believed to have issued a standing order for his brother's execution.

Upbringing: Kim Jong Nam was the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011, and was at one time considered the heir apparent to rule the isolated country, which has ...

Kim Jong Nam reportedly fell out of favor after he was caught trying to enter Japan on a false passport in 2001, saying he wanted to visit Tokyo Disneyland.

Kim Jong Un has executed or purged a slew of high-level officials since succeeding his father in 2011. South Korea has blamed North Korea for Kim Jong Nam's death without providing evidence.

Kim Jong Nam lived in exile from North Korea since the early 2000s. He was a critic of the regime, and his half-brother Kim Jong Un ...

“Kim Jong Nam long advocated for a pro-reform approach in North Korea and openly encouraged (Pyongyang) to follow China’s example,” said Zhao.