Kuala Lumpur, March 21
North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Kore
Pyongyang hunkers down to explore next move
Posted : 2021-04-04 16:47
By Nam Hyun-woo
With its most recent missile launches further agitating international society, North Korea is becoming even more reclusive, maintaining its border closure and severing diplomatic ties with Malaysia.
North Korea analysts say a series of recent moves hint at Pyongyang s growing efforts to limit information outflow and international accesses to the regime in order to prepare for its next moves against the ongoing international pressure on the Kim Jong-un regime.
The United Nations last month said the world body had no international staff left in North Korea, after the two last remaining World Food Programme staff left Pyongyang in late March.
N. Korean diplomats leaving Malaysia after ties are severed
March 21, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Kim Yu Song, counselor at the North Korean Embassy to Malaysia, carries his luggage into a bus at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and prepared to leave the country Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States. The North Korean flag and embassy signage have been removed from the premise in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. Two buses ferried the diplomats and their families to the airport, where they were seen checking in for a flight to Shanghai.
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