Police: Nerve agent found on face of slain half-brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Police in Malaysia say the half-brother of North Korea's leader who was killed in a Kuala Lumpur airport more than a week ago had a nerve agent on his eye and his face.A statement Friday from the inspector general of police said that a preliminary analysis from the Chemistry Department of Malaysia identified the agent at "VX NERVE AGENT."Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, died Feb. 13 shortly after two women put a substance on his face while he was checking in for a flight.Malaysia's national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar says help has been sought from Interpol to issue an alert for four North Korean suspects who left Malaysia on the same day Kim Jong Nam was killed.It is not known what Interpol can do, as the four are believed to be back in Pyongyang and North Korea is not a member of Interpol.Meanwhile, North Korea says Malaysia's investigation into the death of Kim Jong Nam is full of "holes and contradictions" amid speculation that North Korean agents masterminded the assassination.Malaysia police have not directly pinpointed North Korea as being behind the death of Kim Jong Nam, but they are searching for several North Korean suspects.The North has not acknowledged that the dead man is Kim Jong Nam.
Was Utah student David Sneddon, presumed dead in 2004, kidnapped by North Korea?
UTAH – Brigham Young University student and returned missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who disappeared and was thought to have died in China in 2004 may be alive in North Korea.According to a Yahoo Japan article, David Sneddon may have been kidnapped by the North Korean government years ago when he disappeared while hiking in western China.The Chinese government suggested 24-year-old Sneddon died while hiking in Tiger Leaping Gorge in the Yunnan Province.Sneddon's parents, Kathleen and Roy, say they have always been skeptical of that theory because their son's body was never recovered.
Report: North Korea's Kim Jong Un has man executed for nodding off
Kim Jong Un has allegedly had two men put to death using a method he's been said to have used before: by anti-aircraft gun.
North Korea claims h-bomb test
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is claiming a powerful hydrogen bomb test today but South Korea's spy agency and outside nuclear experts cast strong doubt.