Kim Jong-nam

Kim Jong-nam

Born: May 10, 1971
Died: February 13, 2017
in Pyongyang, North Korea
Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. He was thought to have fallen out of favour after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a false passport, although Kim himself said his loss of favour had been due to advocating reform.

Kim Jong-nam was exiled from North Korea c. 2003, becoming an occasional critic of his family's regime. His younger paternal half-brother, Kim Jong Un, was named heir apparent in September 2010. Kim Jong-nam was assassinated in Malaysia on 13 February 2017 with the nerve agent VX.

The Wall Street Journal on 10 June 2019 reported that former US officials stated that Kim Jong-nam had been a CIA source.

Movies for Kim Jong-nam...

Beyond Utopia
Title: Beyond Utopia
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 23, 2023
Type: Movie
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
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Assassins
Title: Assassins
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 12, 2021
Type: Movie
True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?
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Title: Spycraft
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2021
Type: TV
The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.
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North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
Title: North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A journey through Kim Jong Un’s past and present to understand the man and the myth who holds North Korea’s uncertain future in his hands.
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Korea, A Hundred Years of War
Title: Korea, A Hundred Years of War
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2020
Type: Movie
A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.
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North Korea's Deadly Dictator
Title: North Korea's Deadly Dictator
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
The assassination of Kim Jong-nam occurred on 13 February 2017 when two women attacked him with VX nerve agent, a lethal chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. Kim was the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korean diplomats objected to any form of autopsy being conducted on Kim's body, but the autopsy proceeded as the they did not submit a formal protest. Following Malaysia's refusal to release the body immediately, North Korea's ambassador Kang Chol accused Malaysia of collaborating with the country's enemies over the assassination of Kim Jong-nam.
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Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
Title: Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: September 23, 2015
Type: Movie
A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, in an attempt to profile a contradictory dictator who seems to rule his nation with both disturbing benevolence and cold cruelty while being worshipped as a living god by his subjects in exalted displays of ridiculous fanaticism.