The ruckus caused by the man’s death on Monday at the international airport for Kuala Lumpur was minor news until a thunderbolt from the South Korean and Malaysian press a day later: The victim was Kim Jong-nam, 45, the estranged older half brother of Kim Jong-un, the unpredictable and ruthless leader of North Korea.
The death immediately turned into an internationally assassination intrigue coupled to the opaque regime on the Kim family, which has ruled North Korea for more than 60 years.
It came as Kim Jong-un, 33, who has ordered scores of subordinates executed when he questioned their fealty, has further shaken up the ranks of his closest aides, purging the principle of the secret police less than two weeks the actual. In addition, Kim Jong-un has stoked a new international crisis with a ballistic missile launching and threats of more nuclear weapons trial offers.
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