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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Getty Images)
When Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011 following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, he was less than 30 years old. As such, among the old guard in North Korea officials in the North Korean government who were appointed during his father s rule there was distrust in Kim Jong-un s ability to be an effective leader. Over nearly a decade of his rule, Kim Jong-un resorted to various methods to ensure that his rule was unquestioned and that his popularity with the North Korean citizens remained intact
One of those tactics used was his frequent abduction and killing of opponents within the country. The most famous example of that is undoubtedly the assassination of his older half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, in 2017. The assassination is the subject of Ryan White s latest documentary, Assassins , which pieces together key accounts of how the assassination took place and tells the story of the two women Siti Aisyah fro
âAssassinsâ Review: Duped Into an International Murder Plot
A documentary tries to explain how two women were able to cause the death of the North Korean leaderâs half brother.
Doan Thi Huong, center, in the documentary, âAssassins.âCredit.Greenwich Entertainment
Assassins
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The two women who smeared a nerve agent on the face of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, causing his death, have left a light pop-cultural footprint in the United States. This is especially so given that one of them was wearing a shirt reading âLOLâ during the act. Anyone that meme-ready deserves at least one movie.