VOA慢速英语:Half-brother of Kim Jong Un Killed in Malaysia

South Korean media say the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia.
韩国媒体称朝鲜领导人金正恩同父异母的哥哥在马来西亚被杀。

A South Korean government official said that Kim Jong Nam was killed Monday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
韩国一官员表示，据韩国联合通讯社报道，金正男周一被杀。

The official did not provide additional information.
该官员并未提供额外信息。

Two unidentified female agents reportedly used poisoned needles to kill Kim at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The two then fled the area in a taxi. The women are believed to have been working for North Korea.
据说两名未知身份的女性特工使用毒针在吉隆坡国际机场杀害了金正男。然后两人乘坐出租车逃离。外界认为两人为朝鲜效力。

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service neither confirmed nor denied the story.
韩国国家情报局未证实也未否认该报道。

Kim Jong Nam spent large amounts of time outside North Korea. He also had voiced disapproval of his family’s control of the country.
金正男大多时间都不在朝鲜。他也曾发声表示不支持他的家族控制朝鲜。

He and his younger brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, are both sons of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. However, they had different mothers. The older brother was once considered to be the heir of his father and was expected to lead the country.
他和弟弟，现朝鲜领导人金正恩，都是前朝鲜领导人金正日的儿子。然而他们是同父异母的兄弟。哥哥金正男曾经被考虑作为父亲的继承人领导朝鲜。

However, Kim Jong Nam fell from favor with his father in 2001. That year, he attempted to enter Japan with a false passport, reportedly to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
然而，金正男在2001年失宠。那一年，他试图用假护照进入日本，据报道是为了参观东京迪士尼乐园。

Since that time, he has lived mainly in the Chinese territory of Macau.
自那时起，他主要居住在中国澳门。

Kim Jong Nam was believed to be close to his uncle, Joang Song Thaek. Joang was considered the second most powerful man in North Korea, but he was executed in 2013. Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered his execution.
金正男被认为和叔叔张成泽走得更近。张成泽曾是朝鲜权力顶端的第二把手，但于2013年被处决。据报道，是金正恩下令处决了他。

In previous years, Kim Jong Nam expressed disinterest in leading North Korea. "Personally, I am against third-generation succession," he told Japan’s Asahi TV in 2010.
前些年，金正男表示对领导朝鲜不感兴趣。“在我自己看来，我反对三代世袭领导朝鲜，”2010年他对日本朝日电视台说道。

Kim Jong Il died in December 2011, when Kim Jong Un took power.
金正日2011年12月逝世，之后金正恩执政。

I hope my younger brother will do his best for the sake of North Koreans’ prosperous lives, he reportedly said.
“我希望我的弟弟能尽全力为朝鲜的繁荣生活而努力，”金正男曾说道。

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