Malaysia stops granting work permits to DPRK labourers World

Malaysia stops granting work permits to DPRK labourers

The Malaysian Government has stopped issuing work permits for people from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) after the murder of a DPRK citizen at a Malaysian airport earlier this year, according to Kyodo news agency.
Body of DPRK citizen killed in Malaysia returned home World

Body of DPRK citizen killed in Malaysia returned home

Chinese and Malaysia authorities said on March 31 that the body of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen with passport name of Kim Chol, who was assassinated in Malaysia, and related persons arrived in their home country from Kuala Lumpur via Beijing.
DPRK citizens banned from leaving Malaysia World

DPRK citizens banned from leaving Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on March 7 said he instructed the country’s police to ban all citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from leaving Malaysia after a similar ban imposed by Pyongyang earlier.
DPRK decides to deport Malaysian ambassador World

DPRK decides to deport Malaysian ambassador

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced on March 6 that the country will expel Malaysian Ambassador Mohamad Nizan Mohamad, according to the Korean Central News Agency.