Malaysian police have evidence that seems to clearly link North Korea to the death of Kim Jong Il’s eldest son.
Malaysian officials have reported that testing reveals that Kim Jong-Nam the older, estranged, half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un The fact that such a rare and hard to obtain substance as VX was apparently used in this assassination adds further credence to the idea that the North Korean government was behind Kim Jong-Nam’s assassination. What’s unclear is what might have motivated at this point in time. The elder Kim had been living in exile in Macau and elsewhere for years in relative obscurity and never talked to the press about North Korea, his brother, or any other member of his family. Other than occasional inquiries about whether he would be allowed to return home, which were routinely denied, Kim had very little contact with anyone back in Pyongyang and seemed to be enjoying the life of a playboy as he traveled through southern Asia visiting various resorts and casinos.
