in june 2010, kim jong-nam gave a brief interview to the "associated press" in macau. he told the reporter that he had "no plans" to defect to europe. the press had recently said this. kim jong-nam lived in an apartment on the southern tip of macau's coloane island until 2007. an anonymous south korean official reported in october 2010 that jong-nam had not lived in macau for "months", and now goes between china and "another country."