SEOUL, Feb 15 — South Korea confirmed today that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother has been murdered in Malaysia, confirming reports of his assassination at Kuala Lumpur’s airport.  

"Our government is certain that the murdered man is Kim Jong-nam,” said Chung Joon-hee, a spokesman for Seoul’s unification ministry that handles inter-Korea affairs. — AFP 

People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a railway station in Seoul February 14, 2017. — Reuters pic