{"id":14888,"date":"2019-06-10T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=14888"},"modified":"2019-06-10T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:15:19","slug":"kim-jong-uns-half-brother-was-cia-informant-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/kim-jong-uns-half-brother-was-cia-informant-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un&#8217;s half brother was CIA informant &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and who was assassinated at an airport in Malaysia in 2017, was an informant for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, according to a news report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wall Street Journal, citing a person knowledgeable about the matter, reported on Monday evening that Kim Jong Nam had meetings with CIA operatives on several occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There was a nexus&#8221; between the U.S. spy agency and Kim Jong Nam, the source was quoted as saying. 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