Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
800px-Dutch_flag,_Antwerp
Dutch flag (Photo: Ninane/Wikimedia Commons) - Credit: Dutch flag (Photo: Ninane/Wikimedia Commons)
Politics
North Korea
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-nam
assassination
Dutch embassy Seoul
Lody Embrechts
Dutch Ambassador
Kim Han-sol
Wednesday, 8 March 2017 - 08:36

Share this article:

Dutch ambassador helped bring Kim Jong-nam's family to safety after assassination: report

The Dutch embassy in Seoul may have been involved in helping bring the family of Kim Jong-nam to safety after he was assassinated, accoding to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Kim Jong-nam was the half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

Cheolima Civil Defense, an organization that helps North Koreans flee when they need to, also thanked Dutch Ambassador Lody Embrechts for his "resolute and strong action" on their website, according to newspaper AD.

The organization claims that Kim Jong-nam's family called them for help this past month. Cheolima also posted a 40 second video starring a young man believed to be Kim Jong-nam's son Kim Han-sol. In the video he introduces himself and says that he is with his mother and sister. He also states that the video was made a few days after his father's murder. The video was posted online on Tuesday.

More like this

Image
The memorial for Peter R. de Vries at the Carre in Amsterdam. 21 July 2021
Fifth anniversary of Pieter R. de Vries's assassination; Son focusing on good memories
Image
Belgian police
Teen suspected as a contract killer held for murdering Dutch man, 25, in Spain
Image
Aleida Maria Anderske Kaspersma, known as Leidy. A Dutch woman who disappeared in Ireland on 2 July 1978, when she was 26 years old
Dutch woman missing since 1978 may have been kidnapped, trained as a spy in North Korea
Image
Kerobokan, Bali.
Dutchman murdered in Bali a convicted drug criminal: report
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Consumer prices confirm Dutch inflation rate at 2.9% in June; Fuel price growth slows
  • Zeeland shuts down 20 wind turbines overday after young sea eagle’s death
  • Regulator grants online retailer Bol license to operate as a payment provider
  • Netherlands to end zero-hour work contracts, limit flexible employment with Senate vote
  • Ajax agree €27M deal to sell Sean Steur to Newcastle

Top stories

  • Netherlands to end zero-hour work contracts, limit flexible employment with Senate vote
  • Netherlands recruited 29 top scientist leaving U.S. under Trump
  • Police shoot armed man on Rotterdam street
  • Rotterdam train traffic back to normal after week-long outage
  • New-build home sales in Netherlands fall 19% as market cools

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content