Kim was exiled from North Korea 2003 , becoming an occasional critic of his family 's regime . His younger paternal half-brother , Kim Jong-un , was named heir apparent in September 2010 . Kim died on 13 February 2017 in Malaysia as the result of an apparent assassination conducted by North Korea using VX nerve agent
died on 13 February 2017
Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
Kim Jong-nam