North Korea Demands Body of Kim Jong-un’s Slain Brother The statement was read to reporters outside a Kuala Lumpur hospital where the body of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been held since he was stricken on Monday at the airport in the Malaysian capital. 17, 2017 North Korea broke a dayslong silence on Friday over the assassination of its leader’s estranged half brother in Malaysia, demanding that the Malaysian authorities surrender the body and vowing to reject any post-mortem they have conducted. At least three people have been arrested in connection with the killing, which was believed to have been carried out by two women who struck Kim Jong-nam with poisoned needles or sloshed quick-acting liquid poison on his face as he awaited a flight to Macau, where he lived with his family.
