International Business Times described Kim to have 17 luxury palaces all around North Korea, a fleet of one hundred (mainly European) luxury vehicles, a personal jet, and a 100-foot (30 m) yacht.
On thirteen February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was assassinated with the nerve agent VX although going for walks via Terminal 2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.