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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN is about to air a breaking news report from a reporter inside North Korea
Blitzer just teased it on-air, but no info what it's about.
ETA: Kim Jong-un's half brother assassinated at Malaysia airport
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CNN is about to air a breaking news report from a reporter inside North Korea (Original Post)
pinboy3niner
Feb 2017
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They are about to announce that they have an opening for an "estranged half brother"
grantcart
Feb 2017
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. They are about to announce that they have an opening for an "estranged half brother"
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)3. Kim Jong-un's half brother assassinated at Malaysia airport
Kim Jong-uns Half Brother Is Reported Assassinated in Malaysia
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/asia/kim-jong-un-brother-killed-malaysia.html?_r=0
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/asia/kim-jong-un-brother-killed-malaysia.html?_r=0
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)2. Story is about a reporter that is about to be imprisoned in NK.
After her report
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)4. Half-brother dead: The dear leader had another woman????
The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia, South Korean media reported, with one TV station saying he was attacked at the country's main airport with poisoned needles.
Ok, ok, what I wanna know, which the article doesn't cover, is, was this kid illegitimate? A first marriage?
Anyone know about Jon il's women/wives??? Was the cretin polygamist?
Codeine
(25,586 posts)5. His first wife died. nt
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)6. Sure, she did. I'm sure it was a heart attack. Not.
She was probably the only person on the planet who told him what they really thought of him....
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)7. Lots of speculation that Kim Jong-un ordered the assassination
Political experts on North Koreas politics immediately speculated that Kim Jong-un had ordered the assassination of his older half sibling, who at one time had been the heir apparent and had been favored by China, the countrys ally and principal benefactor.
Maybe Kim Jong-nam was about to do something drastic that would either compromise the regime or the family, said Jae H. Ku, director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. By the nature of things in North Korea, the fact that he is in the bloodline represented a threat.
Others were even more emphatic in their suspicion that Kim Jong-un had been responsible, partly because Kim Jong-nam had been publicly critical of the transfer of power that made Kim Jong-un the top leader after the death of their father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
The apparent murder today of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia by agents of his brother is the latest explosive turn in Pyongyangs vicious palace intrigue, said Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economist who specializes in North and South Korea at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. The question remains: Do these deadly measures secure his rule or serve to undermine it?
There also was speculation that Kim Jong-un might have ordered Kim Jong-nam killed because China might have been planning to support him as a replacement for Kim Jong-un, who has angered Chinese leaders with his provocative weapons and missile tests.
Kim Jong-nam reportedly has been Beijings favorite, which may mean one day the Chinese Communist Party may overthrow Kim Jong-un and install Kim Jong-nam, said Lee Sung-yoon, a North Korea expert at Tufts Universitys Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/asia/kim-jong-un-brother-killed-malaysia.html?_r=0
Maybe Kim Jong-nam was about to do something drastic that would either compromise the regime or the family, said Jae H. Ku, director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. By the nature of things in North Korea, the fact that he is in the bloodline represented a threat.
Others were even more emphatic in their suspicion that Kim Jong-un had been responsible, partly because Kim Jong-nam had been publicly critical of the transfer of power that made Kim Jong-un the top leader after the death of their father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
The apparent murder today of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia by agents of his brother is the latest explosive turn in Pyongyangs vicious palace intrigue, said Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economist who specializes in North and South Korea at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. The question remains: Do these deadly measures secure his rule or serve to undermine it?
There also was speculation that Kim Jong-un might have ordered Kim Jong-nam killed because China might have been planning to support him as a replacement for Kim Jong-un, who has angered Chinese leaders with his provocative weapons and missile tests.
Kim Jong-nam reportedly has been Beijings favorite, which may mean one day the Chinese Communist Party may overthrow Kim Jong-un and install Kim Jong-nam, said Lee Sung-yoon, a North Korea expert at Tufts Universitys Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/world/asia/kim-jong-un-brother-killed-malaysia.html?_r=0