Tuesday, March 7, 2017

North Korea Has Banned All Malaysians From Leaving The Country. Malaysia Responds By Doing The Same For North Koreans



Reuters: North Korea bars Malaysians from leaving as murder row boils

North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question up to three men hiding in the North Korean embassy.

Malaysia was outraged by the murder of the North Korean leader's estranged half brother at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 13 by assassins using VX nerve agent, a chemical listed by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.

Police have identified eight North Koreans wanted in connection with the murder, including a senior North Korean diplomat and a state airline employee - two of the three believed to be hiding in the embassy. The only people charged so far are a Vietnamese woman and an Indonesian woman.

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More News On North Korea And Malaysia Barring The Other Country's Citizens From Leaving 

Kim Jong-nam crisis: North Korea and Malaysia ban each other's citizens from leaving -- Thye Guardian
North Korea and Malaysia in tit-for-tat travel ban on citizens over Kim Jong-nam murder -- ABC News Online
North Korea, Malaysia each bar the others’ nationals from leaving -- Washington Times
Malaysia Accuses North Korea of ‘Holding Our Citizens Hostage’ in -- NBC/AP
Malaysia's Prime Minister Calls on North Korea to Release its Citizens After Travel Ban Imposed -- TIME
Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysia and N Korea in tit-for-tax exit bans -- BBC
North Korea, Citing Kim Jong-nam Dispute, Blocks Malaysians From Exiting -- NYT
Malaysians banned from leaving North Korea: State media -- Al Jazeera

2 comments:

Caecus said...

Malays must be really disappointed at not being able to bring their kids to the Mangyongdae Funfair anymore

Unknown said...

NORKland is melting down.


You can almost hear the Chinese helos spinning up.

Okay so it won't be helos, but the Chinese are going to snap hard enough to break a neck.