China Breaks Up Plot to Kill Kim Jong Un's Nephew, Report Says

  • Two North Korean agents arrested in Beijing: JoongAng Ilbo
  • Kim’s 22-year-old nephew targeted for murder: newspaper

South Koreans watch television showing footage of a man who claims he is Kim Han Sol.

Photographer: Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images
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Chinese police arrested several North Koreans dispatched to Beijing on suspicion of plotting to murder Kim Jong Un’s 22-year-old nephew, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported.

Two of seven North Korean agents were arrested over the alleged plot to kill Kim Han Sol,Bloomberg Terminal whose father Kim Jong Nam was assassinated in Malaysia earlier this year, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified person familiar with North Korean issues.