Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
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Kim Jong-nam (10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, deceased former leader of North Korea. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. After advocating reform and embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a false passport, he was thought to have fallen out of favour.
Kim was exiled from North Korea Template:Circa 2003, becoming an occasional critic of his family's regime. His younger paternal half-brother, Kim Jong-un, was named heir apparent in September 2010. Kim died on 13 February 2017 in Malaysia as the result of a suspected chemical attack.
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