Kim Jong Il Body

Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, amid reports his son had come to Kuala Lumpur to claim the remains.

North Korea says late leader Kim Jong Il's body will be permanently laid in state in a memorial palace in the capital. Kim's body will be displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the embalmed body of his father - North Korea founder Kim Il Sung - has been lying since 1995. He died in 1994.

Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, amid reports his son had come to Kuala Lumpur to claim the remains.

North Korea says late leader Kim Jong Il's body will be permanently laid in state in a memorial palace in the capital. Kim's body will be displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the embalmed body of his father - North Korea founder Kim Il Sung - has been lying since 1995. He died in 1994.