North Korean Dictator Ordered Brother Killed, South Korean Spy Chief Says
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Kim Jong Un’s sibling sought mercy from the North Korean leader, South Korean spy chief says.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un issued an assassination order on his half brother after seizing power in 2011 and agents tried to kill him at least once before succeeding this week, South Korea’s spy chief said.
National Intelligence Service Director Lee Byung-ho’s statement to South Korean lawmakers in a closed-door session on Wednesday came as Malaysia arrested a suspect in the mysterious airport killing this week of the brother, Kim Jong Nam .
“The longstanding order has been executed,” said Lee Cheol-woo, who heads the South Korean legislature’s intelligence committee, which oversees the spy agency, according to an aide to the lawmaker. “It reflects Kim Jong Un’s propensity for paranoia, rather than his calculated act of removing a threat to his rule.”
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