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Malaysia charges 2 women with murder of Kim Jong-nam

Two women were charged on Wednesday with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after his…

AFP | Hong Kong | March 1, 2017 3:49 am

Malaysia charges 2 women with murder of Kim Jong-nam

Two women were charged on Wednesday with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after his assassination at a Malaysian airport last month.

Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, from Vietnam, were surrounded by a heavy police presence as they were charged by a Kuala Lumpur court over the February 13 killing.

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‘Emergency Alert’ issued in Japan after North Korea launched suspected ballistic missile

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