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Kim Jong Nam Murder Suspects to be Tried

16/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Kim Jong Nam Murder Suspects to be Tried

Two women accused of assassinating the half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un

Two women are accused of assassinating the half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un with a nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur Airport in February 2017.

Also in the programme: Attack on Afghan intelligence; How to pickle a mummy?

(Picture: Suspects Doan Thi Huong (in yellow T-shirt) and Siti Aisyah (right). Credit:AFP)

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