Well now. Having disposed of Kim Jong-nam in dramatic fashion, the North Koreans are now, it seems, after his son Kim Han-sol. Fortunately the Chinese authorities are more efficient that the Malaysians. Or perhaps the North Koreans were not quite as lucky this time.
Chinese police arrested several North Koreans dispatched to Beijing on suspicion of plotting to murder Mr Kim Jong Un's 22-year-old nephew, South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported.
Two of seven North Korean agents were arrested over the alleged plot to kill Mr Kim Han Sol, whose father Kim Jong Nam was assassinated in Malaysia earlier this year, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified person familiar with North Korean issues.
Some agents are being interrogated in special facilities on the outskirts of Beijing, the paper said, without elaborating on whether the other five were arrested. China's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.
This being China, it's unlikely that much more will be forthcoming in the way of information. It can't be doing much for Chinese-North Korean relations, though.
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