Malaysia is taking a both step against North Korea as it recently expelled the hostile country ambassador from its country after he made a statement and refused to apologise to the Malaysian government, who had given him an ultimatum to do so.
Ambassador Kang Chol, NK ambassador in a statement had accused the Malaysian government, and said;
The Malaysian government had something to hide and that Malaysia has colluded with outside powers to defame.
After the statement by Kang, a notice was sent to the North Korean embassy to formally apologise for Mr Kang statement, and there was no official apology, also, the North Korean Embassy official had failed to turn up for a meeting on Saturday at the foreign ministry, so Malaysia took a bold step, and the Malaysia Foreign Minister, Anifah Aman sent out the notice declaring Kang persona non grata, and also asked to leave the country in 48hours.
Anifah said;
It should be made clear – Malaysia will react strongly against any insults made against it or any attempt to tarnish its reputation.
The diplomatic battle between the country is because of the recent Kim Jong-nam death. The half-brother of the North Korean leader was killed at Kuala Lumpur airport, and the death has been linked to some North Korean citizen who had fled the country after the incident.
Kim Jong-nam was killed by 2 women who used VX, a banned substance considered also as weapon of mass destruction.
North Korea who in the past has enjoyed coming to Malaysia without a visa, will now need a visa after the country scrapped its visa-free program for North Koreans.