Photos Of The Female Assassin Who "Killed North Korean Dictator's Half Brother"

Posing for a Facebook selfie, this is the woman suspected of killing Kim Jong-un's brother - in an image posted online just days before the assassination. Doan Thi Huong, who is being held in Malaysia over the killing of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur International Airport, can be seen wearing a shirt with 'LOL' emblazoned on the front.

A similar white top was worn by a woman shown in CCTV footage from the terminal minutes after Jong-nam was poisoned to death.

Separate photos, in a Facebook account under the name of Ruby Ruby, show her posing in a revealing red swim suit and wearing a black dress with floral patterns.

They emerged amid unsubstantiated claims that the 28-year-old may have appeared on Vietnam's version of the TV talent show Pop Idol in June.

Footage shows the woman - contestant number 67816 - singing quietly before being interrupted halfway through her performance by one one of three judges and then walking off stage. She left the competition in the first round.

Just days before the death of Jong-nam a photo was posted on her profile showing her in a shirt with the acronym 'LOL' - similar to the one scene in CCTV images of her at Kuala Lumpur after the North Korean was poisoned.

She was arrested alongside an Indonesian woman, both accused of carrying out a fatal poison attack on the unsuspecting Kim ahead of his flight home to Macau.