Summary of the article:
- Kim Jong - un 's brother Kim Jong - Nam has reportedly been assasinated by two females in an Airport in Kuala Lumpa.
- It is suspected that the Korean leader himself sent the two women in a second attempt to assasinate his brother after one failed attempt in 2012 when Jong-Nam pleaded for his life
- There is significant political bias toward the left wing as Kim Jong - un and his radical ideologies are not supported by the coloumnist
- There is speculation as to whether the women featured in the supporting images to the article are the ones that carried out the attack and it is not yet certain as to what was used to carry out the assasination.
C/D)
The genral jist of the article is to examine and explore the issue of the power given to radical leaders and how this can lead to the unlawful killing of innocent people. Quotations such as - 'CCTV images have emerged of a woman suspected to be a female assassin sent by Kim Jong-un as part of a Cold War-style poison squad to murder his playboy half-brother' elaborate this idea of left wing bias as it quite openly suggests that the assasination took place as part of an order by Jong - un himself , such statements are also used to show us the position the journalist is taking in relation to the event an is inviting us to analyse and form our own opinion based on allegations highlighted by the mail.
E/F)
Although showing clear political bias, the newspaper article has a rather informal tone to begin with as to invite the reader into debating a rather taboo subject, i have reason to believe this as little political language is used to describe Kim - Jong - Un and a significant portion of the article is based around the women in question wearing a fashion tshirt with the abbriviation 'LOL' on the front. This helps the reader undertand that the Assasination that has taken place has been done by an average person. Toward the middle of the article there are multiple statements from officials which gives the article a more formal feel as the majority of the article is made up by visuals to support any complex subjects so that a vast target audience can read it and formulate their own opinion which is the primary idea.
G)
Throughout the article multiple emotive language choices have been selected in order to gain the support of the reader when it comes to being against the choices of the Korean leader, words such as 'Attack' and 'Inhumane' help us formulate a negative opinion and then help us feel apologetic for Kim - Jong - Nam as it has been stated that he posed no political threat to his half brother.
We begin to realise that the article is in favour of Jong - Nam when statements from the leader are done so in inverted commas which makes us question the reliability of the source it came from. It was said that Jong- Un considered his brother a 'joke' which again poses the reader against him in terms of political stance.
WHO - Kim Jong Nam , the half brother of Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
WHAT - The successful assasination of him by two females in Kuala Lumpar airport
WHERE - Kuala Lumpar airport
WHEN - 13 february 2017
WHY - It is supected that Kim jong un believed his step brother proved some sort of threat to his political career.
HOW - Two women suspected of being in relation with Jong - Un reportedly smeared poison on the face of Jong Nam.
Mode of address - Teacher to pupil
WHO - Kim Jong Nam , the half brother of Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
WHAT - The successful assasination of him by two females in Kuala Lumpar airport
WHERE - Kuala Lumpar airport
WHEN - 13 february 2017
WHY - It is supected that Kim jong un believed his step brother proved some sort of threat to his political career.
HOW - Two women suspected of being in relation with Jong - Un reportedly smeared poison on the face of Jong Nam.
Mode of address - Teacher to pupil
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