Early reports are often sketchy.
But at 10:30AM/ET BBC radio news reports North Korea's Kim Jong Il's son has been poisoned to death, and that an autopsy is either planned, or underway.
If so, what's behind it?
Recreational drug overdose?
Assassination?
Who is behind it?
What is the intended outcome?
Half brother not his son...
Kim Jong Un's half brother murdered with poison, South Korea says
Hong Kong (CNN)The sudden death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother was murder, South Korean officials announced Wednesday.
Kim Jong Nam died Monday soon after becoming ill at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) before an outbound flight to Macau.
Lee Cheol Woo, chairman of South Korea's National Assembly Intelligence Committee, told a press briefing Wednesday that Kim had been poisoned, and the suspects were "presumed to be two Asian females."
It's not clear how he obtained that information or how Kim was poisoned.
South Korea's Unification Ministry told CNN they were working with Malaysian authorities to get additional information.
Many questions still remain around Kim's killing.
Police have described the incident as a "sudden death," pending the results of a postmortem investigation. South Korean media is reporting that Kim was in his 40s.
"So far there are no suspects, but we have started investigations and are looking at a few possibilities to get leads," Selangor State Criminal Investigations Department Chief Fadzil Ahmat told Reuters.
"The deceased ... felt like someone grabbed or held his face from behind," Fadzil said. "He felt dizzy, so he asked for help at the ... counter of KLIA."
South Korea's acting President and Prime Minister held a National Security Council meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the death, according to a statement released by the Blue House.
Fall from grace
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/asia/kim-jong-un-half-brother-death/
He would be the heir apparent to Il... He has been in exile from N Korea for quite some time.