Malaysian police personnell stand guard outside the Forensic wing at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur on February 15, 2017 where the body of North Korean man suspected to be Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is bieng k
SEOUL: South Korea's prime minister will preside over a national security council meeting on Wednesday to discuss the death of the North Korean leader's estranged half-brother in Malaysia, an official at the prime minister's office said.
The meeting will take place at 8.50 a.m. Seoul time (2350 GMT Tuesday).
Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was found dead in Malaysia, according to Malaysia's police. U.S. and South Korean government sources have told Reuters he had been murdered, without giving further details.
