The Wall Street Journal:
Kim Jr. in Macau
"It's illegal for North Koreans to leave their country without permission -- a crime for which some of those caught and repatriated by China have paid with their lives. There's one North Korean, however, for whom Beijing rolls out the welcome mat: Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of dictator Kim Jong Il.
According to a report in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Kim Jr. has been residing for the past three years in the Chinese- affiliated territory of Macau, where he's been living the high life at five-star hotels, gambling at Macau's famous casinos and relaxing with friends and family.
The paper reports that the North Korean scion makes occasional pleasure trips to Thailand and Hong Kong on Portuguese and Dominican Republic passports. Lisbon denies it, but the Dominican Republic, Macau and Beijing have kept mum. This isn't the first time the younger Kim has turned up outside his homeland. The Japanese caught him and his young son trying to enter Tokyo on a fake DR passport in 2001, apparently trying to visit Disneyland."
Kim Jr. in Macau
"It's illegal for North Koreans to leave their country without permission -- a crime for which some of those caught and repatriated by China have paid with their lives. There's one North Korean, however, for whom Beijing rolls out the welcome mat: Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of dictator Kim Jong Il.
According to a report in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Kim Jr. has been residing for the past three years in the Chinese- affiliated territory of Macau, where he's been living the high life at five-star hotels, gambling at Macau's famous casinos and relaxing with friends and family.
The paper reports that the North Korean scion makes occasional pleasure trips to Thailand and Hong Kong on Portuguese and Dominican Republic passports. Lisbon denies it, but the Dominican Republic, Macau and Beijing have kept mum. This isn't the first time the younger Kim has turned up outside his homeland. The Japanese caught him and his young son trying to enter Tokyo on a fake DR passport in 2001, apparently trying to visit Disneyland."