Stores are already selling the 'LOL' shirt worn by North Korea 'assassin'

The shirt went viral quickly after surveillance footage was released.
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Stores are already selling the 'LOL' shirt worn by North Korea 'assassin'
Mandatory Credit: Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN/EPA/REX/Shutterstock (8388781c) A South Korean watches TV showing breaking news about a female suspect involved in the alleged assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, at a restaurand in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea, 15 February 2017. According to South Korean media reports on 14 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has apparently been assassinated by unknown persons at the Kuala Lumpur airport. He reportedly immigrated to China in 1995, and has since then lived there under Chinese protection. North Korean leader's half-brother Kim Jong-nam killed, Pyeongchang, Korea - 16 Feb 2017 Credit: HEON-KYUN/EPA/REX/Shutterstock

A white shirt bearing the phrase "LOL" worn by the woman suspected to have killed Kim Jong-nam was briefly sold online, before it was later taken down.

It was available on Taobao, China's biggest e-commerce platform, for 6,324 yuan, or a staggering $922.

The shirt went on sale on Wednesday, less than a day after grainy surveillance camera pictures of the suspect emerged.

The woman is in Malaysian custody now for the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. She and an accomplice reportedly attacked him as he was waiting to board a plane in Malaysia.

Mr Kim was reportedly poisoned by chemicals, although official post-mortem results have not been released.

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The shirt was listed online as "North Korea female who assassinated Kim Jong nam's T-shirt". It was also available in five sizes.

The woman, identified as 28-year-old Doan Thi Huong, is believed to be a Vietnamese national.

Her shirt went viral shortly after authorities released the footage.

A second woman has now also been arrested in connection with Mr Kim's death.

North Korea is speculated to have been behind the attack, though there has not been any official confirmation.

Mr Kim had in the past spoken out against the Kim family's control of North Korea, calling Kim Jong-un's leadership "a joke."

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Yvette Tan

Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.

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