1 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: When Kim jong Nam was detained at Tokyo Narita International 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Airport in two thousand one. The embarrassment and shame it 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: brought to the regime back home may have been a 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: stain on his character and a harbinger of his downfall, 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: but it may have also been the reason his death 6 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: was exposed to the world. You see, when Japanese officials 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: stopped him at the border, they took his fingerprints, fingerprints 8 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: which may have been used sixteen years later to identify 9 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: the body of a dead man in Malaysia. This would 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: reveal that the person North Korea insisted with Kim cho 11 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: was actually their forgotten prince Kim Chong nam. But that's 12 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: just one theory. Another was that Kim jong Nam's identity 13 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: was determined with the DNA test. Rumors flowed that his son, 14 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: Kim hans Hold, now a young man in his early twenties, 15 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: flew to Kuala Lampour dressed in an officer's uniform and 16 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: snuck into the morgue in the dead of night to 17 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: provide a DNA sample for comparison. No one knows for sure. 18 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: Malaysian officials never detailed how they confirmed the identity of 19 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: the body. We have now established that Kim Joel is 20 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: Kin Yong Nam. We have fulfil the laws on his identification. 21 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: But it was at this moment that Kim hans Hold, 22 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: a relatively unknown figure in the world's view, was thrust 23 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: into the international spotlight. Not much was known about him, 24 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: except for the fact that he was Kim Jong Nam's 25 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: oldest son. K Hansol grew up in Macau. Raised in 26 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: a capitalist paradise, he got to do things that most 27 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: North Korean boys his age could only dream of. He 28 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: dyed his hair blonde, he got ear piercings, He explored Twitter, 29 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: experimented with different religions, and even listened to Katie Perry. 30 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: Like his father before him, he'd attend private international schools 31 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: in Europe and make friends from all over the world. 32 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: In he began attending an international secondary school in Bosnia Herzegovina. 33 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: Living in the Balkans, Kim Hansel kept a low profile, 34 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: but when he was seventeen, he agreed to do a 35 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: television interview with Elizabeth Grain, the former Defense Minister of Finland. 36 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: Kim Hansl arrives smartly dressed. He wears trendy black framed glasses, 37 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: with diamond studded earrings. He's calm and composed, speaking English 38 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: with effortless fluent see. And then with that same cool 39 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: and casual demeanor, he does the unthinkable. The leader. Now 40 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: he is your uncle, but the very young one. Yeah. Yeah, 41 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: he's the youngest of the Verdes. How come that he 42 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: was the one to be appointed by his father. I'm 43 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: not really sure, but my dad was definitely not really 44 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: interested in politics for him. Yeah, and uh, I really 45 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: never met them in real life, so I really don't 46 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: know how he became a dictator. He calls his uncle 47 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: Kim Jong un a dictator. Then Kim hans Hold thanks 48 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: his parents for giving him a fresh perspective on his privilege, 49 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: acknowledging the harsh reality of many people in his home country. 50 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: My parents played a big role in supporting me and 51 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: always telling me, like, think about the people first before 52 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: you eat that food in front of you. Yeah, And 53 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: my mom always tried to encourage me to live the 54 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: same lifestyle as the ordinary citizens so I can have 55 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: a better understanding of the people. And my dad as 56 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: well always told me forget about the background and everything 57 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: and live your life and understand everything. There's a lot 58 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: of people who are hungry and always just think twice 59 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: and be thankful for what you have. Right now, the 60 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: brother of Kim Jong and dead in a blood strength 61 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: of a movie. You're gonna have Rother poison on his grace. 62 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: Why more creators have brothers? I'm eating Lee. In our 63 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: final episode, we dig into the audacious plot assassinate King 64 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Jong Nam, the story of the women who killed him, 65 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: and what the North Korean princes untimely death meant for 66 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: his family and his firstborn son. What was the story 67 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: behind the two women who reportedly they thought they were 68 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: part of this TV show and the CIA did its 69 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: thing and somehow spirited them out of the airports, you know, 70 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: through a different entrance. This is the scopt that every 71 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: journalist covering North Korea wants to uncover. Where is Kim Hamzoo? 72 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: This is big brother? Kim Jong Nam was always looking 73 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: over his shoulder. On the day he was killed, he 74 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: was carrying twelve vials of VX antidote. He was carrying 75 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: only a bet peck, but in that back pack apparently 76 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: was an antidote to the exact kind of nerve agent 77 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: that he was exposed to and subsequently died from but 78 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: for some reason, when two women grabbed his face from 79 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,679 Speaker 1: behind and spread a mysterious peace across his eyes and mouth, 80 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: he never thought to reach into his bag containing those 81 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: life saving cures, nor did he go to the bathroom 82 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: to wipe it off. We don't know why he didn't 83 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: use them. He did have About twenty minutes after this 84 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: v X two was smeared on his face, he was 85 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: able to walk to security and ask for help, and 86 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: you know, stagger to the medical clinic inside the airport. 87 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: So that's one of the many mysteries about North Korea 88 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: and Kim John Nam's death, is why he didn't use 89 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: the medicine that he had on him. If anything, even 90 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: if Kim Jong Nam was expecting an attack, he wasn't 91 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: expecting it to happen like this because by the time 92 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: Kim Jong Nam saw after it was too late. The 93 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: amount of v X covering his nose, mouth, and eyes 94 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,559 Speaker 1: was almost one and a half times the lethal dose. 95 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: This was an extremely painful death when his organs one 96 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: by one failed and he was dead within twenty minutes, 97 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of it was caught on camera, and 98 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: that shows just how sophisticated North Korea's assassination attempts have 99 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: become because decades ago they were much more crude. In 100 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: a trio of North Korean agents attempted to assassinate the 101 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: South Korean president Ton Do one he was visiting what 102 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,679 Speaker 1: was then internationally known as Rangoon in Burma. A bomb 103 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: injured forty six people and killed twenty one, including journalists 104 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: and top Korean politicians, but the president survived. The three 105 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: secret agents behind the ploy did not get away. One 106 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: was shot dead, one was executed by hanging, and one 107 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: was sentenced to life in prison. That Burma bombing, suspected 108 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: to have been organized by none other than Kim Jong il, 109 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: taught North Korea a careful lesson. When it goes on 110 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: the attack, it must be more subtle, because the point 111 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: isn't just to kill somebody, it's to send a message. 112 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: The perpetrators, in other words, need to leave their mark 113 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: without getting caught. North Korea's assassins knew they couldn't make 114 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: the same old mistakes. If somebody was going to take 115 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: the fall for their dirty work, it would be somebody 116 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: who had no association with the regime at all. They 117 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: needed pawns, stooges. The more night eve, the easier to manipulate, 118 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: the better. Ct Aisha was perfect. She had never heard 119 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: of Kim jong Nam. She didn't even know the difference 120 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: between North and South Korea. According to an article by 121 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: journalist Doug Bob Clark and g Q, CT was from Indonesia, 122 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: born in an impoverished farming village called Rancha some More, 123 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: a simple and devoutly Muslim region known best for an 124 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: endless horizon of rice patties and herds of grazing water buffalo. 125 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: As a young teenager, CT devoted herself to Islam. She 126 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: wore conservative clothes and answered the daily call to prayer. 127 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: She spent most of her days knife in hand chopping turmeric, ginger, 128 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: and other spices which her father sold at local markets. 129 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: But when she saw the glitz and romance of city 130 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: lights on the television, she became in thralled. She vowed 131 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: to escape for a better life, and at age fourteen, 132 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: CT left for Jakarta. Jacarta, however, didn't have much use 133 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: for a fourteen year old girl with a sixth grade education. 134 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: CT didn't find the glitz or glamours she was seeking. 135 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: She found herself working sixteen hour days stitching knockoff clothes 136 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: and a humid, dingy sweatshop. CT worked tirelessly for a 137 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: easily fifteen cents an hour. She was rarely allowed to 138 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: take a break. Even when she was, she couldn't leave. 139 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: The door leading outside was locked during work hours, as 140 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: bock Clark reports, when the sweatshop owner's son began flirting 141 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: with her, CT reciprocated. It wasn't long before she got pregnant. 142 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: She married, had a baby boy, and soon was raising 143 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: the child alone. Seti struggled. The marriage collapsed, and before 144 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: her twentieth birthday, her ex husband's parents would take custody 145 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: of her baby. But Seti saw this as an opportunity 146 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: to make a change, to live large in the city 147 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: like she had always dreamed. She left Jakarta for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 148 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: She also left Islam. She ditched her headscarf in favor 149 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: of lipstick and short skirts. She started going to the 150 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: mall to bars the clubs, but she also needed money, 151 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: and soon, like thousands of other disadvantaged women in this region, 152 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: she found herself working in Kuala Lympur's underbelly at a 153 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: massage parlor. Soon she was leveraging her beauty and her 154 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: body to make money. Her escort name was Kelly. Most nights, 155 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: as dance music rumbled through the dense urban air, CT 156 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: and an array of other women clad in heels and 157 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: alluring outfits, walked to the Beach Club Cafe, a haunt 158 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: nestled under a canopy of skyscrapers and palm trees. That 159 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: was where many prostitutes and escorts looked for work and 160 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: where customers sought them out, And the pay was good. 161 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: With just a few customers, CT could make three to 162 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: four times more in a single night as a sex 163 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: worker than she used to make in a whole month 164 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: at the sweatshop. But CT did not like the work. 165 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: According to back Clark's article, she may have taken up 166 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: drugs like meth to face herself, her clients, and the 167 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 1: realities of life in Kuala Lumpur's underworld. One night, CT 168 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: was standing by the sidewalk outside the Beach club when 169 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: a cap hold up. The driver waved at CT and 170 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: rolled down his window. He had a request. One of 171 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: his passengers had asked him to find girls, girls who 172 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: would be comfortable smearing lotion all over strangers. But then 173 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: the taxi driver said the magic words. He'd pay as 174 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: much as a hundred dollars in Malaysian ring gets for 175 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: each video tape. That was enough to at least discuss 176 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: the opportunity further. The next day, the driver picked up 177 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,719 Speaker 1: CT and took her to them All, where she met 178 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: a man. He was young and thin, with a short haircut. 179 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: He seemed like a straight laced, all business type. He 180 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: called himself James, and he claimed to be Japanese. James 181 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: explained he was filming a prank show, something in the 182 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: vein of candy camera that would play on YouTube and 183 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: it would be huge in China and Japan. It was 184 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: destined to go viral. City listened eagerly. She was desperate 185 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 1: to do something new with her life. She was completely 186 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: unaware that James was not who he said he was, 187 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: nor was she aware that the same pitch was being 188 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: given to another woman in Vietnam, a woman whose life 189 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: shared striking parallels with her own. Duan Ti Juan grew 190 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: up in Nia Being Vietnam, the daughter of poor farmers, 191 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: but farm life wasn't for her. She hated working with 192 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: her hands and could hardly stand the thought of butcher 193 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: and chickens. She decided that when she grew up, she 194 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: go to college instead. Juana attended a few classes in Hanoi, 195 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: but work was scarce, so she took the only job 196 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: she could get as a pub waitress. Hopes of becoming 197 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: a white collar professional ashed. D One worked long hours 198 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: waiting tables and quickly grew weary of the service industry. 199 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: She started entertaining bigger dreams. She wanted to be on 200 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: TV to become a famous actress. In she made an 201 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: appearance on national Vietnamese television when she auditioned for the 202 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: same competition Vietnam Idol, Mongo Suncho Circom Fine, Okay, she 203 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: didn't make it to the next round. One also made 204 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: a handful of appearances on an online prank show called QUANGBC, 205 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: but that experience, too, was short lived. Soon One was 206 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: desperate for money and she fell into the same pattern 207 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: that had Trap City. It's believed that d One became 208 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: an escort, but one day she got a life changing 209 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: phone call. It was a friend, Do you want to 210 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: work for a company making a short movie or funny video. 211 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: There was a guy, her friend explained, who was interested 212 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: in hiring a few aspiring actresses. He was at the 213 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: bar right now, why not come meet him? One rushed 214 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: to a joint called the hay Bard to meet this 215 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: talent agent. They're sitting idly at the counter. She found 216 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: a Vietnamese speaking man. He explained that he was starting 217 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: an internet prank show and it was gonna be big. 218 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: He was willing to pay an actress like Dwan up 219 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: to one thousand dollars a month. D One's heart raced, 220 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: but when she asked the mysterious man for his name, 221 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: he waved her off and said, just call me Mr. Why. 222 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: It's worth mentioning just how popular prank shows are in Asia. 223 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: Like reality television in the US, prank shows and wacky 224 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: game shows are a tent pole of television culture, especially 225 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: in Japan. Many of the show premises are kind of bonkers, 226 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: such as this prank program, which sums unsuspecting strangers through 227 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: an elevator shaft, filming their terrified reactions as they fall 228 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: to what they think is their debts but is actually 229 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: just a slide. There are hundreds of other shows aimed 230 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: at getting laughs by pranking unsuspecting marks. The reason these 231 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: shows flourish maybe part cultural, but it's also part legal. 232 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: In the United States, court law is strong you can 233 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: sue people for causing emotional distress. It's the reason you 234 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: don't see shows like Punked or Scare Tactics anymore. But 235 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: in many Eastern countries, tour payouts are prohibitively low, and 236 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: most lawyers and judges will wave off distress claims. In 237 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: other words, prank shows can prosper without much legal backlash. 238 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: So when James explained to CT that her job was 239 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: the smear baby oil on the faces of strangers while 240 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: he filmed it, CT didn't hesitate to do it. In 241 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: the grand scheme of public prank shows, the stunt was 242 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: pretty tame, and after all, it paid well. Her first 243 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: test run and a public mall was a glowing success, 244 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: landing a hundred dollars in her pocket. Meanwhile, in Hanoi, 245 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: Mr Y was training one to do the same. They 246 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: met outside of the city's opera house, and as a 247 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: test to see if Due was truly unafraid of touching 248 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: strangers in public, he pointed out a person in the 249 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: crowd and told one to kiss him on the cheek. 250 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: One one for it. She passed the test. Later that evening, 251 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: Mr Why took her to a coffee shop to meet 252 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: his boss. There, an older man sat sipping coffee. D 253 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: One introduced herself and asked for his name. He said 254 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: it was Hannamodi, but otherwise spoke cryptically. Back in Indonesia, 255 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: CT was receiving more training. In early January, surveillance footage 256 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: would capture her smearing baby oil on a stranger's face 257 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: at a hotel. Soon she was practicing the sun twice 258 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: a day and becoming more comfortable pranking strangers. Midway through training, 259 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: James introduced her to a friend named Chang, who was 260 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: fluent in her native language of Bahasa. With the language 261 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: barrier broken, the flirtatious Chang began stoking the young woman's ego. 262 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: You're gonna be famous. He said, The spranks are going 263 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: to take you all over the world, to Singapore, to America. 264 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: Even cit started bragging to her friends that she was 265 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: about to become a star. The production team began flying 266 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: CT around, testing her prank skills at various airports. The 267 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 1: practice sessions intensified. Chang and James brought Citi to Kuala 268 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: Lumpur and began practicing the face smearing technique at the 269 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: International Airport. Doubling her right to two hundred American dollars 270 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: per stunt. By early February, she had rehearsed at least 271 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: a dozen times. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, one was practicing the 272 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: same stunt in Hanoi at Noi Bay Airport. According to 273 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 1: Assassin's documentary, directed by Ryan White, Mr Why was a 274 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: demanding coach, often texting her with advice, Now, you must 275 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: be harder when you cover the eyes, hold it there 276 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: two to three seconds, and then go down the entire face. 277 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: When it sticks to the eyes, It's gonna make people 278 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: puzzled and surprised. It's a good effect for the video clip. 279 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 1: A few days later, Mr Y and Hanna Moody flew 280 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: to one to Kuala Lumpore. There she had a giant 281 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: teddy bear, the kind you might find at a carnival, 282 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: and was told to use it to rehearse the prank. 283 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: Practice with your teddy bear. All right, tomorrow, we have 284 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: a male actor and his role will be to make 285 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: it difficult for you. Don't let the male actor see us, 286 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: do not look straight at him. Don't be stressed abnormal. 287 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: As Doane practiced in her hotel room, CT was enjoying 288 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: a night out with friends celebrating her birthday at the 289 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: hard Rock Cafe. After blowing out the candles on a cupcake, 290 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: she danced into the night, unaware that her world was 291 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: about to turn up. Hide Down video shows two women 292 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: carrying out the airport attack with a mysterious poison Kim 293 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: Jong Na. Two women, their identities currently unknown, appear to 294 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: have rubbed poison on his face. Authorities have confirmed it 295 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: was v X nerve agent. Within hours of Kim Jong 296 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: Nam's death, Mr y Chang, Hannamoni and a fourth suspect 297 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: had all boarded flights out of the country. They had 298 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: changed their clothes and shaved their faces, and would land 299 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: in Kong Young before any of the news. Head James 300 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: had disappeared without a trace, and two North Koreans, the 301 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: two who had presumably helped usher the assassins through the airport, 302 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: we're now hold up in the embassy of a cross town. Meanwhile, 303 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: C T and Dwan waited blissfully unaware for their next prank. 304 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: In fact, two days after Kim Jong Nam died, Dwan 305 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: would return to the scene of the crime to the 306 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: airport arrivals hall. She was clueless that a major crime 307 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: had been committed their days earlier, and that her so 308 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: called prank was the cause. And unlike most criminals who 309 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: returned to their own crime scene, One made no attempt 310 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: to change her appearance. She wore the same shoes and 311 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 1: kept her hair the same style. She wandered the airport 312 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: aimlessly looking down at her phone, waiting to receive a 313 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:47,479 Speaker 1: text from Mr. Y. So lost and confused, One tried 314 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: to text him, quote, I today came to airport but 315 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: did not see you there. You said today we'd make 316 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,120 Speaker 1: a video clip. I don't know what to do now, 317 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: but her messages were never delivered. His phone line was disconnected. 318 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: After milling about the arrivals hall, Dwan left the airport 319 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 1: and hailed a taxi. Before she could even hop in 320 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: the cab, the airport security guards, who had recognized her 321 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: from CCTV footage from the day of the attack, detained her. 322 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: When police took due in custody, she complained that she 323 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 1: hadn't been paid for her last stunt. Ct was just 324 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: as clueless. She didn't follow the news, so when police 325 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: barged into her room at the Flamingo hotel, she too 326 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: thought it was all part of the prank show liked one. 327 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: She had no idea that someone had been assassinated at 328 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: the airport. She also had no idea that James and 329 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: Chang were in fact North Korean spies. In the Assassin's documentary, 330 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: c recalled, the police asked who are you? Are you 331 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: a spy? What did you do that caused that man 332 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: in the airport to die? I was confused. I didn't 333 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: understand what they meant. You are involved in the premeditated 334 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: murder of the Korean president's brother. I was shocked, you're kidding. 335 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 1: I was doing a video shoot. Is this part of 336 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: the video prank? Within days, both City and Duan were 337 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: in prison. The women didn't understand the seriousness of their 338 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: crime until they met their lawyers. The found guilty of murder. 339 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: Both women would have ropes strung around their necks and 340 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: they would be executed by hanging. As evidence mounted that 341 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: North Korea was responsible for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, 342 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: the DPRK's ambassador to Malaysia began in a aggressive campaign 343 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: of denial. He dismissed any suggestion of wrongdoing. He refused 344 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: to give up the North Koreans hiding in the embassy 345 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: he wouldn't acknowledge that Chong Nan died from a nerve agent, 346 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: and he refused to call Kim Jong Nam by his 347 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: real name, instead referring to him by the faith name 348 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: on his passport, Kim Chong. The Malaysian government responded by 349 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: kicking the ambassador out of the country. Peongyang returned fire 350 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,719 Speaker 1: by barring all Malaysians from leaving North Korea, essentially holding 351 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: all of their diplomats hostage. The North Koreans took all 352 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: of the Malaysians in Pyongyang, which I believe was eleven 353 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: people in the Malaysian diplomats and their families, essentially put 354 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: them under embassy arrest and wouldn't allow them to leave 355 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: North Korea until the North Korean nationals in Malaysia had 356 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: been allowed to leave there, and then more international dominant 357 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: began to fall. Nuclear disarmament talks between the US and 358 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: North Korea disintegrated. Even China punished the North, refusing to 359 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: import coal from their communist cousin. By this point, the 360 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: Malaysian government was deeply embarrassed a foreign country with which 361 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: it had friendly relations had just staged a chemical attack 362 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: using the world's most potent chemical weapon. Within its borders 363 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: and in an international airport, no less, a space symbolically 364 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: shared by the whole world. Malaysia, in other words, was furious, 365 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: and with suspects either having escaped or enjoying the immunity 366 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: of the embassy, the country turned its attention to Citi 367 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: Aisha and Dwanti Jung. Somebody had to be punished for 368 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: Kim Jong Nam's death, and it would be these two 369 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: hapless women. The scene outside of shah Alarm Courthouse was chaotic. 370 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: A sea of cameras and reporters had gathered outside the 371 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: building's doors awaiting the arrival of c T Aisha and Blantehn. 372 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: At the time, nobody knew their stories. Many believed these 373 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: women were stealthy assassins, a duo of them fatales with 374 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: links to North Korea's innermost firings. On October two, a 375 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: parade of police vehicles escorted the women to the courthouse. 376 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: When they emerged, their heads were wrapped in Islamic headscarves 377 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: and their bodies draped and bulletproof vests. Armed guards ushered 378 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: them to the courthouse as the press swarmed like paparazzi, 379 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: trying to get a glimpse of the two rumored secret agents. 380 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: Over the following weeks, this scene played out again and again, 381 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: with the women looking more and more sullen. Midway through, 382 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: the judge read an eighty two page document declaring his 383 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: belief that the women had not been duped, but had 384 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: in fact been willing accomplices to a North Korean murder plot. 385 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:30,479 Speaker 1: He asked the defense to prove its case. By this point, 386 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: it had long been established that the women had killed 387 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: Kim Jong Nam with VX nerve agent. They likely survived 388 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: because they had applied it to their palms, where the 389 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: skin is thicker, and had wiped the poison often time. 390 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: Some believe the North Koreans used v X two, an 391 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: agent that only activates after two separate compounds are combined. 392 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: If so, the low exposure may have helped keep the 393 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: women alive. As a trial war on to in CT 394 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: remained in custody, weeks blurred into months, months into years. 395 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: The women were confined to separate cells, but began sharing 396 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: stories by yelling through the bars. They started to joke 397 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: and chit chat, and, in their words, became like sisters 398 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: as their separate defenses worked their case. Neither women knew 399 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: that the highest channels of Indonesia's government were working to 400 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: free CT. Indonesia's President Joco Widodo was running for reelection 401 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: and CIT's trial was being closely watched by regular people 402 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: back home. The president saw her release as a way 403 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: to score political points and help his campaign, so he 404 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: applied pressure to make something happen. It worked. On the 405 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: day the women were slated to give testimony, the lead 406 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: prosecutors stood up and made a special announcement that the 407 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: state had decided to withdraw one of the charges, specifically 408 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: that against CT. The order came straight from the Attorney General. 409 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: According to those present, The judge looked baffled. The decision 410 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: made no sense. The evidence for and against the two 411 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: women was exactly the same. They both had been recruited 412 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: with the same tactics, both had attacked Kim Jong Nam 413 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: in the same way, and they had both left the 414 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: crime scene in the same manner, and nearly all of 415 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: it was captured on video. And yet CIT was being 416 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: let go while Dwin was still on trial. The judge, 417 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: though confused, obliged the Court is determined that C. T A, 418 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: the first defendant, is hereby released. All right, you can go. 419 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: CT stood up, hugged one and left the courtroom with 420 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: a smile. Dwan was extremely distraught. Now she was alone 421 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: and still facing the death penalty. The truth was government 422 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: officials in Vietnam didn't have the same motivations to freed one. 423 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: It's a communist country and it still has relations with 424 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: North Korea. It didn't want to get involved. But that 425 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: ambivalence left one trapped, facing the prospect of a terrible 426 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: miscarriage of justice. Her lawyers cried foul, and one month 427 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: later they got their wish. The court reached a deal. 428 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: Rather than charged one with murder and have her executed, 429 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: due would plead guilty to a charge of quote causing 430 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: harm and thus be jailed for just a few weeks. 431 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: When One learned of the judgment, she had but one answer, 432 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: I'm happy. One month after her sentence in May, Twantijng 433 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: for it a plane to Hanoi and returned home to 434 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: her parents. This happy ending presents a broader problem. A 435 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: man was murdered in public in one of the most 436 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: brutal ways imaginable. There had been multiple witnesses and everything 437 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: was caught on camera. Experts everywhere knew who was guilty, 438 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 1: and yet nobody was held accountable. You may recall those 439 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: two North Koreans hold up in the embassy. As the 440 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: hostage scenario escalated with North Korea refusing to let Malaysians leave, 441 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: the dprk in agreement was reached. Rather than arrest the 442 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: North Koreans hiding in the embassy, Malaysia would let them 443 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: all go. In return, North Korea would release the Malaysian citizens. 444 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: The result, no North Koreans have ever been kind of 445 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: by Malaysia for assassinating a foreign national on their soil. 446 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: The North Koreans who were in Malaysia and identified as 447 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: being complicit in this plot, all of them were released. 448 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: All of them were allowed to leave, and this is 449 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: because of hostage diplomacy, one of North Korea's great tricks. 450 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: There was a swap done to allow the North Koreans 451 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: to leave Malaysia without facing any punishment, and so to 452 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: this day, no North Korea has been punished as far 453 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: as we know, it was certainly not in Malaysia. To 454 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: add insult to injury, Kim Jong Nam's body was not 455 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: only returned to North Korea, but it was placed on 456 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: the same flight that transported the North Koreans who had 457 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 1: been complicit in his murder. He was dead, stowed in 458 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: the cargo hold, and there were a few feet above him, 459 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: resting easy on a flight back home, completely free of 460 00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:00,880 Speaker 1: any consequences. It was cleared in a Korea that the 461 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: assassination of Kim Jong Nam was a success. Unlike the 462 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: plot Kim Jong Il had stage in Burma, which had 463 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: led to a breakdown of relations, North Korea's relationship with 464 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: Malaysia quickly returned to normal. In the words of Dr 465 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: Damaso quote, the Malaysian government considered the recovery of the 466 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,399 Speaker 1: relationship between Piung Yang and Kuala Lumpoor to be more 467 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: important than justice for the assassination of Kim Jong Nam. 468 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: For Anna Fifield, this success has enabled Kim Jong Naan 469 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 1: to become even more ruthless. I think we see somebody 470 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 1: who is willing to push boundaries, to be bold and 471 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,319 Speaker 1: to um kind of shake up what we know. And 472 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: you know, he's almost daring the outside world. You know, 473 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,400 Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Yeah, it was me, what 474 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,480 Speaker 1: are you going to do? And the world, you know, 475 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: has kind of said not much. We're going to write 476 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: a letter, you know, to quote Hans Blex from Team America, 477 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: write a letter and tell you how angry we are. 478 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 1: There hasn't really been much retribution beyond that. Indeed, things 479 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: would smooth over elsewhere to China would drop its retaliation. 480 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: The United States would hold a huge summit with former 481 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump, who had started his presidency extremely critical 482 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: of Kim Jong un, but would later exchange twenty seven 483 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,359 Speaker 1: letters with the Supreme leader. Telling a rally, he wrote, 484 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: be beautiful letters and did great letters. We fell in love. 485 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: The global order had looked the other way. In the 486 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,760 Speaker 1: words of doctor Remco Brucker, an expert on North Korea 487 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:48,800 Speaker 1: at Leiden University, quote, the international community are very good 488 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 1: at washing away North Korea since for them, according to 489 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: doctors Hung Un Lee, it was all part of a 490 00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 1: calculated plan, when that North Korea has been executing for decades. 491 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: All three supreme leaders of North Korea have shown a 492 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: propensity two act crazy, cultivate delicocity and weirdness, and then 493 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:21,320 Speaker 1: charm the world by dangling the possibility of peace reconciliation 494 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,759 Speaker 1: and in the meantime signing agreements with no intention of 495 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: giving up its nuclear arsenal and buying time and a 496 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:34,760 Speaker 1: lot of money in selling the same horse several times. 497 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 1: It's been a very good, successful business model for North 498 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: Korea over the past three decades. The scheme is pretty straightforward. 499 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: Act crazy, scare the world, force global powers to negotiate, 500 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:54,320 Speaker 1: get sanctions lifted, or make some money. Do it again. 501 00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: I would say conservatively, North Korea has one about twenty 502 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: billion dollars worth of goods cash included, all for its 503 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 1: repeated pledges lies. What about Team America, the United States 504 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 1: and its allies South Korean, Japan, Let's stand zero, I 505 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: would say, by the assassination of Kim Jong nam was 506 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: no longer a global outrage. It was just another strategic 507 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 1: piece in North Korea's puzzle, another way to extort foreign 508 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 1: powers into doing North Korea's bidding, another way for Kim 509 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: jongan to say, don't mess with me. He's sending a 510 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 1: message anyone anywhere in the world, I can get you 511 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 1: and it will hurt. And I'm sure that there are 512 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,919 Speaker 1: a lot of other North Korean officials around the world 513 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,960 Speaker 1: who took notice of this, and you know, would definitely 514 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: have thought twice about questioning anything Kim Jong un said. 515 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: But there's still one problem for North Korea's dear leader, 516 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 1: there remains a threat to Kim Jong UN's throne. If 517 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: people in North Korea could know all the facts, they 518 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: might not consider Kim Jong In a legitimate leader. Not 519 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,680 Speaker 1: only was he Kim Jong Il's third son, his mother 520 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,840 Speaker 1: was also Japanese and irrevocable stain on his bloodline. And 521 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:43,479 Speaker 1: if leadership were to truly abide by Confucian principles where 522 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,440 Speaker 1: leadership has passed down to each first male heir, then 523 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,719 Speaker 1: the real leader of North Korea would not be Kim 524 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,839 Speaker 1: jong n it will be the son of Kim jong Nam, 525 00:39:53,920 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: Kim hans Hole. He is a male from the Kim Fami. Really, 526 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: He therefore has the same old picture blood in his veins. 527 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: He's the kind of person that Kim jongnd would want 528 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: to make sure could never rival him. And that means, 529 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: like his father before him, Kim hans Hol's life is 530 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: at risk. On the day his dad was murdered, Kim 531 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: hans Hold looked outside the windows of his home in 532 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: Macau and noticed something strange, something worrying. Kim Hansold found 533 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 1: the security guard outside their house missing. Something was wrong. 534 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,239 Speaker 1: And when you know North Korea, of course they're going 535 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: to come after the family too. A North Korean offender, 536 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 1: when it comes to treason is sent to a prison 537 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:50,439 Speaker 1: a concentration camp with his entire family parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren. 538 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: Feeling unsafe, he picked up the phone. Kim Hansold called 539 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,959 Speaker 1: Adrian Home, who was in the US, and sought help 540 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,880 Speaker 1: running away. Adrian Hong is the leader of the Channima 541 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 1: Civil Defense now called Free a group dedicated to overthrowing 542 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: the North Korean regime. To date, Free Chosen had spent 543 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:15,040 Speaker 1: most of its resources helping North Korea defectors escaped the dictatorship. 544 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: Kiem Hansol had met the group years earlier through a 545 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 1: mutual friend. On the day of his father's death, kimans 546 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,840 Speaker 1: Hold would beg Adrian Hong for help. He needed a 547 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:33,360 Speaker 1: way to escape. Adrian told Kimon's Hole to leave Macau 548 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,719 Speaker 1: with his mother and sister immediately to head straight for Taipei. 549 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 1: Then Adrian called a friend, a US marine, a rock 550 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,719 Speaker 1: War veteran and activist named Christopher On. Adrian called Christopher 551 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,759 Speaker 1: On asking where are you On happened to be visiting 552 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 1: the Philippines on vacation, quite close to Kim. Christopher jumped 553 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 1: into action. Within twenty four hours, Christopher On met Kim 554 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:07,040 Speaker 1: Ansol and his mom and his sister at the major 555 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: airport in Taiwan, Taipei. Christopher took the family to a 556 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:17,480 Speaker 1: private airport lounge to rest. Meanwhile, Adrian was calling dignitaries 557 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: around the world asking if they would take in three 558 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:26,840 Speaker 1: royal North Korean refugees. The Netherlands answered the call. Christopher 559 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,160 Speaker 1: bought the family three plane tickets to Amsterdam, but when 560 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:34,600 Speaker 1: they try to go through security, a guard stopped them, 561 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: so they returned to the airport lounge to reassess their options. 562 00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: That's when two men appeared. It was the c I 563 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 1: a CIA folks showed up and demanded that Christopher On 564 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,880 Speaker 1: turned over the Kim family to them. Chrissan said, no, 565 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,400 Speaker 1: I've not broken any law. They don't want to go 566 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:56,879 Speaker 1: with you, how can I trust you? So for over 567 00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: twenty four hours, Christopher On stayed with Kim Mansol and 568 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:03,319 Speaker 1: his family at the airport lounge in Taiwan, and then 569 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: purchased new tickets for the three and arranged for the 570 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: Kim family to be flown over to Amsterdam. The CIA 571 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:17,080 Speaker 1: refused to let the family out of their sight, so 572 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,160 Speaker 1: before the flight, Christopher gave Kim hans hold a hug 573 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,759 Speaker 1: and said goodbye, handing him over to the American officials. 574 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,520 Speaker 1: The CIA would escort the family through boarding and sit 575 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:34,520 Speaker 1: with them on the plane Freachoisan had arranged for high 576 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:38,640 Speaker 1: level government officials, including a Dutch human rights lawyer, to 577 00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:41,080 Speaker 1: meet Kim Jong Nam's family when they landed at Shipple 578 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,520 Speaker 1: Airport in Amsterdam. At the airport, they were to be 579 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: greeted by humanitarian NGOs, but when the plane landed the 580 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:56,200 Speaker 1: family disappeared. The CIA did its thing and somehow spirited 581 00:43:56,239 --> 00:44:00,120 Speaker 1: them out of the airport, you know, through a different entrance. Now, 582 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:05,120 Speaker 1: more than five years later, nobody has seen Kim Hans 583 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:09,440 Speaker 1: hole since, nobody outside of the CIA knows where he 584 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:13,200 Speaker 1: or the rest of Kim Jong Nam's family is, but 585 00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: it's believed there now under the protective custody of a 586 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:23,240 Speaker 1: friendly nation. Where is anybody's gas? This is the scope 587 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: that every journalist covering North Korea wants to uncover. Where 588 00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,720 Speaker 1: is Kim Hanzol? I don't think anybody really knows. Maybe 589 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:34,200 Speaker 1: he went to Holland, he had some links to France, 590 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,880 Speaker 1: he had been at school in Belgrade. I don't know, 591 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,440 Speaker 1: could be in France. He could be in the United States. 592 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:42,480 Speaker 1: We don't know where he is, but we know that 593 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:46,200 Speaker 1: he is living under the protection of a friendly state somewhere. 594 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,959 Speaker 1: But as long as Kim hans Hole is alive, there 595 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:55,560 Speaker 1: may be hope for the people of North Korea because 596 00:44:55,600 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: somewhere the true prince awaits their laws that say um 597 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:07,640 Speaker 1: North and South Koreans shouldn't interact with each other even 598 00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:11,719 Speaker 1: outside of Korea. Me and my South Korean friends, uh. 599 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,279 Speaker 1: At first, it was kind of awkward when I first 600 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:19,040 Speaker 1: met them, but then a little by little, we started 601 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:24,279 Speaker 1: understanding each other. We share our stories from back home 602 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:30,080 Speaker 1: and realize how similar we are, same language, same culture, 603 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:35,080 Speaker 1: and it's just political issues that divide the nation and half. 604 00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,799 Speaker 1: You can be very grateful to your parents that they 605 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: have raised you. Do think yourself, Do you have dreams 606 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:48,040 Speaker 1: or that you could go back to Rock Korea and 607 00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:54,040 Speaker 1: try to do something to influence in a good way. Yeah, 608 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:57,680 Speaker 1: of course. I've always dreamed that one day I will 609 00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:02,560 Speaker 1: go back and make things better and makes it easier 610 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:18,120 Speaker 1: for the people there. I also dream of unification. Big 611 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,360 Speaker 1: Brother is a production of School of Humans and I 612 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:24,920 Speaker 1: Heart Radio and hosted by me Eaeden Lee Lucas Riley 613 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:28,480 Speaker 1: is our writer, co director and associate producer. Amelia Brock 614 00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:32,520 Speaker 1: is our senior producer, co director and editor. Executive producers 615 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:36,400 Speaker 1: are Virginia Prescott, Brandon Barr, Else Crowley, and Jason English. 616 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:41,040 Speaker 1: Our fact checkers are Austin Thompson and Aaron Blakemore Music 617 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:45,600 Speaker 1: composed by Jason Todd, Shannon and Tunewilders. 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