JAKARTA/HANOI: A North Korean suspect in the killing of Kim Jong-nam is reported to be the son of a former top North Korean envoy to Vietnam and he allegedly lured a Vietnamese female suspect to join the plot to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader.
Ri Ji-hyon, 33, is the son of former North Korean ambassador to Hanoi, Ri Hong, and had lived in Vietnam for about 10 years, Yonhap news agency quoted sources as saying yesterday. Ji-hyon worked as a trainee diplomat at the North Korean embassy for more than one year and he also worked as an interpreter, according to the sources.
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