Kim Jong-Nam News

Other suspects could have poisoned the half-brother of North Korea`s leader besides the two women on trial for his audacious assassination in Malaysia, an expert witness said Wednesday.

The defendants were arrested just days after the killing of Kim Jong-Nam on February 13 as he waited to board a plane to Macau at Kuala Lumpur airport.

Judge Azmi Ariffin told the 30-minute hearing at the High Court in Shah Alam that the trial would begin on October 2 and would take place over 23 days.

Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam were taken to the Sepang magistrate's court located close to the airport where Kim Jong-Nam was fatally poisoned on February 13.

The body of Kim Jong-Nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, has arrived in Pyongyang.

The Malaysian government on Thursday struck a deal with North Korea for the return of nine of its citizens previously barred from leaving Pyongyang, in exchange for the body of Kim Jong-nam, the slain half-brother of North Koreas leader.

Six weeks after the airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, Malaysia on Tuesday said it was still waiting for family to claim the body, denying rumours it had been sent back to Pyongyang.

Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for four North Koreans wanted by Malaysian investigators in connection with the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, the country's police chief said on Thursday.

Malaysia will deport some 50 North Koreans working here with overstayed visas, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced on Tuesday.

Malaysia hopes to open negotiations with North Korea in the "next few days" to secure the release of its citizens trapped in Pyongyang following a row over the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the foreign minister said Saturday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called for unity on Friday as he tried to bring home nine Malaysians stuck in North Korea amid a growing row over the murder of Kim Jong Nam, while warning Pyongyang not to abuse Malaysia`s "hospitality".

Malaysia`s Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that ties with North Korea will not be cut, after tensions over an investigation into the murder of the estranged half-brother of the North`s leader in Kuala Lumpur led to tit-for-tat travel bans.

Kim Jong Nam was killed on February 13 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 

A video of a man describing himself as the son of assassinated North Korean exile Kim Jong-Nam emerged today, apparently the first time a family member has spoken about the killing.

Dealing with a notorious murder by detonating a huge diplomatic row, and firing missiles as a practice assault on US bases in Japan -- North Korea`s recent actions demonstrate its willingness to escalate tensions whatever the consequences, say analysts.

Malaysia will wait to question suspects in the Kim Jong-Nam killing believed to be holed up in Kuala Lumpur`s North Korean embassy "even if it takes five years," the country`s police chief said Tuesday.

In a tit-for-tat move, Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Tuesday announced that North Koreans were barred from leaving the country.

Pyongyang is banning all Malaysian citizens from leaving North Korea, state media said Tuesday, potentially holding them hostage amid an increasingly heated diplomatic row over the killing of Kim Jong-Nam in Kuala Lumpur.