Il primo ministro sudcoreano Hwang Kyo-Ahn ha convocato una riunione del consiglio di sicurezza nazionale del paese in seguito alla morte di Kim Jong Nam, il fratellastro del leader nordcoreano Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Nam, che era il figlio dell’ex leader nordcoreano Kim Jong Il ma non aveva vissuto nel paese per diversi anni, è ucciso lunedì in Malesia. Secondo i media statunitensi, funzionari di Washington avrebbero detto che Kim Jong Nam potrebbe essere assassinato da agenti di sicurezza di Pyongyang.

South Korean Hwang Kyo-ahn on Wednesday convened a meeting of the country’s national security council following the reported death of Kim Jong Nam, who was half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, local media reported. The South Korean Yonhap news agency reported that the meeting started at 8:50 a.m. local time (23:50 on Tuesday GMT). Kim Jong Nam, who was the son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, but had not lived in the country for several years, was reportedly killed on Monday in Malaysia. According to US media, Washington officials said that Kim Jong Nam could be assassinated by Pyongyang’s security agents.