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There were several analyzes at the time as to the cause of Kim Jong-nam's death. Among them, there was an argument that it was because the Korean government promoted Kim Jong-nam's asylum in Korea, but as a result of our coverage, it was confirmed that there was no such move.



Following is the exclusive report by reporter Kim Kwan-jin.



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At the National Assembly National Defense Committee held a week after Kim Jong-nam's assassination, the Ministry of National Defense analyzed that Kim Jong-nam's killing was intended to eliminate alternative forces to the Kim Jong-un regime.



[Kim Young-woo / Chairman of the National Defense Commission at the time: The Ministry of National Defense said that, in relation to the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the alternative forces to the North Korean Kim Jong-un regime are removed in advance and the international community is blocked from attempts to change the Kim Jong-un regime in advance… ] Based



on the background of the murder, some media and North Korean experts have raised the possibility of asylum in South Korea.



[Cho Han-beom / Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Unification: If Kim Jong-nam decided to asylum, it would have been a desperate situation. If there is a threat to life, there is a possibility of choosing South Korea if there is no alternative.]



Yoji Komi, a Japanese journalist who has been close with Kim Jong-nam for a long time, said, "There was a movement by British defectors to establish a government in exile and to appoint Kim Jong-nam." even claimed.



However, former and current NIS officials who responded to the Panda Team coverage until the end said that there was no promotion of asylum in South Korea.



They answered, "They may have considered asylum for Kim Jong-nam, but there was no fact that he pursued asylum in consideration of the fact that bringing Kim Jong-nam to Korea would put a considerable burden on inter-Korean relations."



They also said, "It is true that Kim Jong-nam had a lot of high-quality information with high accuracy," but "The weakened access to the latest information after the execution of his uncle Jang Seong-taek, who brought Kim Jong-nam in 2013, is one of the factors that did not pursue asylum." added.



It was said that it was not to the extent that it had to be brought home to the extent that it put a great burden on inter-Korean relations.



(Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Sung Jae-eun·Jung Si-won, VJ: Kim Jun-ho)