SEOUL (AFP-Jiji) — A video of a man describing himself as the son of assassinated North Korean exile Kim Jong Nam emerged Wednesday, apparently the first time a family member has spoken about the killing.

South Korea’s intelligence agency confirmed the individual on the video — uploaded to the YouTube page of a previously unknown group calling itself Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) — is Kim Han Sol.

His father was murdered at Malaysia’s main airport last month by two women using the banned VX nerve agent, with Pyongyang widely blamed for the assassination.

“The man is indeed Kim Han Sol,” a spokesman for the National Intelligence Service told AFP.

The spokesman declined to give further details, including Kim’s current whereabouts or any information about CCD. … (read more)

via The Japan News