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A handful of Malaysian citizens have been barred from leaving North Korea as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate:
North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question three men hiding in the North Korean embassy. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak accused North Korea of "effectively holding our citizens hostage" and held an emergency meeting of his National Security Council. The United Nations called for calm between Malaysia and North Korea and urged them to settle their differences through "established diplomatic practice."
The moves underscored the dramatic deterioration in ties with one of North Korea's few friends outside China since the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13. Malaysia said the assassins used VX nerve agent, a chemical listed by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.
[...] There are 11 Malaysians in North Korea, according to a Malaysian foreign ministry official, including three embassy staff, six family members, and two others.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 09 2017, @06:42AM
Could have, would have, except only one death, they could have sprayed it in the air if they really want to grab headlines like "40 DEAD IN AIRPORT ATTACK" with Kim as one of the victims, but that didn't happen.
My point is that using VX to poison a potential rival of the glorious leader is a method with considerable potential to kill a lot more people than just the target in a way that the more mundane poisons (or even, for that matter the exotic polonium) can't do. And just dismissing it as "a lot of people didn't die this time" is silly.