S5 Ep16: The Assassination of Kim Jong-nam

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week, we take a deep dive into the life and death of Kim Jong-nam, the brother of North Korean dictator and all round nut job Kim Jong-un. Following an ill-feted trip to Disneyland in 2001, Jong-nam was ostracised from the family and exiled to Macau. Here, he led a relatively normal life, going about his business under a false name, passing information to the CIA, while occasionally speaking out against his brother's authoritarian rule over North Korea. But the clock was always ticking on Kim Jong-nam's life and in 2017, as he arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to fly home to his wife and kids, he was executed in front of dozens of passengers. Join us as we shine a light on North Korea and take you, in real-time, to the very public assassination of Kim Jong-nam. This case has been inspired by 'Assassins' - a true crime documentary which is available in virtual cinemas and on demand now. For further information, head to www.assassins-film.co.uk. Show Sponsor: www.curve.com/red Patreon: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Theme Music: www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One two three shake your body down.
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0:29.0	Please enjoy responsibly. You're not going to be. Oh, Hello and welcome to Seeing Red a true crime podcast. I'm Mark and I'm Bethin. Thank you for joining us once again guys and hi.
1:15.2	This week we head east to Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, a city that has bared
1:22.0	witness to one of the most audacious assassinations in modern history.
1:27.0	The 2017 execution of Kim Yong Nam, the brother of North Korean Dichtator and all-round cray-Kray Kim Jong-un.
1:38.0	But before we head there, we would like to thank our wonderful Patreon supporters, especially this week's newest supporters.
1:46.0	Yes, a massive thank you to Mariana Pinsom, Leanne Heffer, Rachel Kunleff, Corin Todd, Kate Foss, Sarah Burle, William
1:56.7	Westerop, Kerry Griffin, Andrew Brown, and Jordan Conroy and Jane
2:01.5	Tom Lins who have signed up annually so thank you so much huge
2:06.2	Thanks to each and every one of you and if you'd like to join these guys and you can head to
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2:16.4	we will see you at book club. Can't wait see you on Thursday see you tomorrow if
2:20.0	you're listening to this on the date it's released, yeah, I'll see you tomorrow. We both will.
2:24.6	I'm so excited for this episode Mark because it is something I know nothing about.
2:31.0	So I'm just going to be, it's going to be one of those episodes where I'm just a listener and I'm just sat here just going, wow. Yeah, I remember it at the time. It was, I'm obsessed with North Korea and the whole kind of Kim Dynasty so I'm a real geek around it
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