South Korea: North Korean ministries organised Jong-nam's assassination in Malaysia

Kim Jong-Nam. -AFP filepic

SEOUL: South Korean intelligence believes suspects wanted for the murder of the half-brother of North Korea's leader included several officials who worked for the reclusive state's foreign and security ministries, according to lawmakers here.  

Kim Jong-nam was killed earlier this month at a Malaysian airport by assassins using VX nerve agent, a chemical capable of killing in minutes and listed by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.