my my name is kim han—sol, from north korea, part of the kim family. here is my passport.ew days ago. i am currently with my mother and sister and we are very grateful to... and we hope this gets better soon. there are a couple of things that are odd about this video. you'll have noticed the bit where kim han—sol‘s audio is cut and his mouth is covered. the other thing is that the group that have released this — cheollima civil defense — is an unknown quantity. if you look online, its youtube account has only recently been registered. iam not i am not quite sure what has happened there! i asked our asia pacific regional editor celia hatton what she makes of this mysterious video. for a few hours when it first surfaced, no one was really clear about the identity of the young man in the video. it looked like kim han—sol, but we have not seen him in public or quite a few years and it was not until south korean intelligence officials confirmed his identity, said, yes, it was him, but they did not want to go further to talk about the video itself. part of that reasoning, i thin

it seems that kim han—sol and fma has sought the help. th. he says he is with his mother and sister. it is very short as a clip. just a0 seconds long. and it was censored. so a lot of interest in merging in these young man, and of course we have the other headlines as well. because we have some relatives, or rather one relative of the stranded malaysians in pyongyang speaking. this is the sister of the personal assistant to the immolation ambassador in pyongyang. she lives in the north of the country, here, and she is saying please release me sister, because of course, there is a lot of concern about these malaysians continuing in north korea. —— to the malaysia in ambassador. we have had heard assurances from the foreign minister here that they'll say. sharanjit leyl from the embassy in column four. let's here the other news. the white house has said that ricky nixon as endangered americans by leaking the caa documents. it said it should be deeply troubled by so do make these disclosures. sean spicer also said that we can lease fred natio

. >> my name is kim han sol. from north korea. part of the kim family. here is my passport.y father has been killed a few days ago. i'm currently with my mother and my sister and we're very grateful to -- and we hope this gets better soon. yeah. >> reporter: that video is heavily censored, but south korean intelligence has confirmed to cnn they do believe this is, in fact, kim han sol, around 22 years old. mostly educated overseas, not in north korea. what's mysterious about this is the group that's published it, no korea watcher has heard of them before. and in their statement, they thank the governments of the u.s., the netherlands, china and an unidentified fourth country for helping spirit kim han sol and his relatives to safety. we reached out to the governments, they haven't commented on this. but it does appear to be, again, a surviving son of the man who was murdered, apparently, with a chemical weapon, vx nerve agent here at the main airport in kuala lumpur last month. >> kim jung nam, the half brother of kim jong-un and his family. once they left north korea they l

look at the video that came out online this week. >> my name is kim han sol from north korea.her was killed a few days ago. i'm currently with my mother and sister. we are grateful. >> reporter: dave, we know he is around 22 years old. born in pyongyang. educated mostly outside of north korea and a member of the ruling dynasty that governs north korea. the group that releasedmysterio. the civil defense. it claims four governments, u.s., china and netherlands and another unspecified government helped get he and his family members to safety after the assassination here in malaysia. we can't confirm that. the governments we reached out to refuse to comment on this. he has triggered a bigger diplomatic dispute with malaysia and north korea. both governments are holding each other's citizens hostage. the malaysians not letting the north koreans leave here and vice versa. and first time the regime is being accused of the assassination that took place in the international airport. something north korea continues to deny. dave. >> that video. so casually talking about assassination. i

. >> my name is kim han sol. from north korea. part of the kim family. here's my passport. my father has been killed two days ago. i'm currently with my mother and my sister. we hope this gets better soon. >> south korean intelligence officials say it's highly likely the man is kim jong-nam's son. the group that posted the video says it supports defectors and reveals kim jong-nam's family has been moved to a safe place after seeking refuge. >>> the next step in the influence-peddling scandal that's upended south korean politics is near. the constitutional court says it will rule on park geun-hye's impeachment case on friday morning. she's been suspended since december. the court has been examining whether to uphold or reject her impeachment. if six of the eight judges decide to uphold it, park will be dismissed. if three or more of the judges reject it, park will resume her duties as president. the focus would then turn to whether park remains as president until her term ends in february. she had said before her suspension she would step down well before her term ends. the