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Malaysia said Saturday that it has expelled Pyongyang's top envoy in the latest diplomatic pressure over the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Malaysia's Foreign Ministry declared North Korean Ambassador Kang Chol a persona non grata and said he should leave the Southeast Asian country by 6 p.m. on Monday.
The censure represents Malaysia's determination to get to the bottom of the killing at the cost of decades-long diplomatic ties with the world's most isolated country.
Sue Mi Terry, a former senior CIA analyst on North Korea, said the expulsion is a positive and important step signaling that there will be consequences for using weapons of mass destruction in an international airport.
"I doubt Malaysia will cut off diplomatic ties with North Korea although they should. They can start by kicking out North Koreans who are spies, slave laborers etc.," said Terry, now a managing director for business consultancy Bower Group Asia.
"They are other North Koreans in Malaysia that are doing illicit business. So if Malaysia don't want to completely cut off diplomatic relationship with North Korea, there are more steps Malaysia can and should take, like kicking out North Koreans," she said.
http://m.yna.co.kr/mob2/en/contents_en.jsp?cid=AEN20170304004953320&page=1&domain=3&ctype=A&site=0200000000
Malaysia's Foreign Ministry declared North Korean Ambassador Kang Chol a persona non grata and said he should leave the Southeast Asian country by 6 p.m. on Monday.
The censure represents Malaysia's determination to get to the bottom of the killing at the cost of decades-long diplomatic ties with the world's most isolated country.
Sue Mi Terry, a former senior CIA analyst on North Korea, said the expulsion is a positive and important step signaling that there will be consequences for using weapons of mass destruction in an international airport.
"I doubt Malaysia will cut off diplomatic ties with North Korea although they should. They can start by kicking out North Koreans who are spies, slave laborers etc.," said Terry, now a managing director for business consultancy Bower Group Asia.
"They are other North Koreans in Malaysia that are doing illicit business. So if Malaysia don't want to completely cut off diplomatic relationship with North Korea, there are more steps Malaysia can and should take, like kicking out North Koreans," she said.
http://m.yna.co.kr/mob2/en/contents_en.jsp?cid=AEN20170304004953320&page=1&domain=3&ctype=A&site=0200000000
