Kim’s modest Macau life no protection from Pyongyang

MACAU, China: Kim Jong-Nam’s modest life in Macau was a far cry from the opulence and power enjoyed by his half-brother, the supreme leader of North Korea, but he was still seen by Pyongyang as a dangerous pretender to the ruling family throne.

Friends in the Chinese gambling enclave spoke this week of a man who wined and dined in relative freedom, despite what Seoul’s spy chiefs say was a “standing order” for his execution, issued by Kim Jong-Un.