Kim Jong Un's half-brother killed by two women, South Korea says

Two Asian women are suspected of murdering the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia Monday, South Korea's intelligence committee said
Wednesday.

Investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy on the body of Kim Jong Nam, who died soon after being attacked at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Kim is believed to have been poisoned, South Korea's National Assembly Intelligence Committee Chairman Lee Cheol Woo told a press briefing Wednesday.

Lee did not say how Kim was poisoned or how South Korea obtained the information.

Kim was boarding a flight to the island of Macau, a Chinese territory, to visit his family when he was attacked, Lee said.

Kim went to the counter at KLIA asking for help, the Royal Malaysian Police said in a statement, but died on the way to hospital.

"The deceased ... felt like someone grabbed or
held his face from behind," Selangor State Criminal Investigations Department Chief Fadzil Ahmat told Reuters.

South Korea's Unification Ministry said Wednesday it is working with Malaysian
authorities, while the country's acting President and Prime Minister held a National Security Council meeting on Wednesday morning to
discuss the death.

The North Korean embassy in Malaysia said they had no information about Kim's death.