The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, occurred on February 13, 2017, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He was attacked by two women who smeared a toxic nerve agent called VX on his face, leading to his death shortly after. The incident raised international tensions and sparked investigations into the involvement of the North Korean government. The two women, Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Đoàn Thị Hương from Vietnam, claimed they were tricked into believing they were participating in a prank for a television show.