In 2017 Kim Jong-nam was killed by two women who thought they were taking part in a prank video, but who were inadvertently smearing a chemical weapon on his face. Was he the victim of an ingenious scheme hatched by his half-brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? And who was he secretly meeting in the days before his bizarre murder? Part 1 of 2.

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