Lots has been happening in and related to North Korea recently, but despite the rash of missile tests, what has really been gripping the public imagination has been the highly visible and increasingly fantastic assassination of Kim Jung-un’s exiled brother in Malaysia.
As more details emerge of how Kim Jong-nam was killed and potential reasons why, Malaysia and China are increasingly unhappy with North Korea, and every new detail only confirms the parallels with Cold War-era spy thrillers.
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