The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia.
The agency quoted a Seoul government source as saying Kim Jong-Nam was killed on 13th Feb 2017.
The 45-year-old was poisoned by two unidentified female agents using poisoned needles at an airport in Kuala Lumpur.
Kim Jong-Nam was once considered heir apparent but fell out of favour with his father Kim Jong-Il following a botched attempt in 2001 to enter Japan on a forged passport and visit Disneyland.
He has since lived in virtual exile, mainly in the Chinese territory of Macau. Kim Jong-Un took over as North Korean leader when his father died in December 2011.
Kim Jong-Nam, known as an advocate of reform in the North, once told a Japanese newspaper that he opposed his country's dynastic power transfers.
Kim's case would be the highest-profile death under the Kim Jong-Un regime since the execution of the leader's uncle Jang Song-Thaek in December 2013.
Kim Jong-Nam: Know More - Born: 10 May 1971, Pyongyang, North Korea
- Died: 13 February 2017, Sepang District, Malaysia
- Education: Kim Il-sung University
