Wednesday, February 15, 2017. 4 min to read. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Kim Jong Nam, right, his exiled half-brother. Kim Jong Nam was targeted at the Kuala Lumpur International It is a measure of the tight controls imposed on civic life in North Korea that it is impossible to gauge how most of the country's 24 million people reacted to the death of Kim Jong-il. On Monday "Kim Jong-un's leadership provides a sure guarantee for creditably carrying to completion the revolutionary cause of juche through generations, the cause started by Kim Il-sung and led by Kim Jong The news has shocked many. Kim Jong Nam was, if anything, a minor irritation to the regime. According to Yoji Gomi, the author of the 2012 book, My Father, Kim Jong Il, and Me, Kim Jong Nam wanted Fri 13 Dec 2013 03.11 EST. North Korea has executed Kim Jong-un's uncle as a "traitor for all ages" who confessed to planning a coup, state media has announced. Jang Song-thaek, previously one of Jang Song-thaek (January or February 1946 - 12 December 2013) was a North Korean politician. He was married to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korean premier Kim Il Sung and his first wife Kim Jong-suk, and only sister of North Korean general secretary Kim Jong Il.He was therefore the uncle (by marriage) of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. .

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