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Kim Jong Un’s murdered half-brother was a CIA informant

epa07526722 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on the Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia, 25 April 2019. EPA-EFE/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

Kim Jong Un’s half-brother was a CIA informant before he was killed in 2017, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal and a book by a US reporter .

Kim Jong Nam died after his face was smeared with the nerve agent VX, a banned chemical weapon, in February 2017.

Via Sky News