![]() Main article: Assassination of Kim Jong-nam He completed his studies at Sciences Po in 2016. Following the execution of his grand uncle Jang Song-thaek in December 2013, he was placed under police protection. In December 2013, Kim was in his first year of study at the Le Havre campus of France's Sciences Po university. In October 2012, Kim Han-sol made his first ever televised interview (in English) with Finnish TV network Yle, making several comments about his desire for Korean reunification, and not disputing the interviewer Elisabeth Rehn's disparaging characterizations of Kim Han-sol's grandfather's and uncle's rule over North Korea. He expressed guilt about having enough to eat when his people in North Korea were starving, and he appeared to criticize his uncle – the heir apparent – Kim Jong-un. In various posted messages on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, he expressed guilt for his family's role in the suffering of the North Korean people. The content of the accounts were widely spread online, providing stark contrast to his grandfather's regime. The South Korean media tracked down several online accounts maintained by Kim Han-sol. In late 2011, due to an admissions announcement by the United World Colleges' (UWC) United World College in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina campus, it was discovered by the South Korean media that one of the newly admitted students to the college was Kim Han-sol, about whom very little had been previously known. Later, he was denied a student visa by the Hong Kong government. Kim Han-sol first came to public attention in 2011 when he was accepted by Li Po Chun United World College, a member of the UWC movement, to study in Hong Kong. Kim Han-sol was born in Pyongyang in 1995 and had an isolated upbringing in Mainland China and Macau.
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