Kuala Lumpur — The body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Pyongyang on Friday, apparently accompanied by three men initially named by Malaysian police as suspects in his murder. Kim Jong-nam was attacked with the lethal nerve agent VX on February 13 in Kuala Lumpur airport, in an audacious, Cold-War-style operation that triggered a diplomatic row between Malaysia and North Korea. Malaysian national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said three North Koreans wanted for questioning had finally been interviewed and allowed to leave on the same aircraft carrying Kim’s body. "We have obtained whatever we want from them … we are satisfied," Bakar said. The three had been holed up in the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur for weeks. China confirmed that the body had arrived in Pyongyang — after transiting through Beijing — along with "relevant" North Korean nationals. Both countries expelled each other’s ambassadors and barred their citizens from l...
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