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Kim Jong-nam

Politician · Close Associate · Sanction-linked entity

Kim Jong-nam is a family member or associate of a politically exposed person. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Kim Chŏng-nam · Kim Dzong Nam · Kim Dzsongnam · Kim Jong Nam · Kim Jong-nam · 14 more...				[sources]
Alias	Chol Kim · Chŏng-nam Kim · Jong-nam Kim · Kim Chol · Kim Jong Nam · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Pang Xiong · キムジョンナム · キム・ジョンナム				[sources]
Birth date	1971-05-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Pyongyang				[sources]
Death date	2017-02-13				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	China · North Korea				[sources]
Description	Half-brother of Kim Jong Un. Assassinated by North Korean agents at the Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.				[sources]
Last name	Kim				[sources]
Political association	Workers’ Party of Korea				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q317824				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung University				[sources]
Status	Deceased				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-28	Last processed	2026-03-28	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

This person was assassinated on February 13, 2017, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. For reference, see Paragraph 19 (p. 13) of the UN Panel of Experts September 2017 report.

— DPRK Reports non-official source, 2023-08-08

Oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (1971-2017)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-05-25

Relationships

Associations
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kim Jong Un	Half-Brother	-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kim Han-sol	child	-	-

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Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kim Yo-jong PEP	sibling	-	-
Kim Jong-un Export controlled · PEP · Sanctioned entity

Data sources

DPRK Reports5,497

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata328,055

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Graph-based entity tagging84,496

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: kprusi-f2021554808fd7b49c30608f6cc20bcdda650a0f

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