In response to North Korea's declaration on the 19th that it would break diplomatic relations with Malaysia, the Malaysian government ordered diplomats and their families working at the North Korean embassy in the country to leave the country.

North Korea issued a statement through the state-owned Korean Central News Agency on the 19th, accusing Malaysian authorities of handing over the identity of the North Korean people to the United States for being involved in money laundering, and accusing Malaysia of being a hostile act. Declared to completely break diplomatic relations.



In response, the Malaysian government accused North Korea of ​​"unfriendly and unconstructive" in a statement released on the 19th, and all diplomats working at the North Korean embassy in the capital Kuala Lumpur. He ordered the government and his family to leave the country within 48 hours.

At the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, on the 20th, several cars were seen entering the premises and people who seemed to be related people entered and exited the building, and preparations are being made for deportation. It seems to be a thing.



Malaysia was originally a friend of North Korea, but it has been investigated since the murder of Kim Jong Nam (Kim Jong Nam), the brother of Kim Jong Un (Kim Jong Un), who is a different mother in 2017, at a Malaysian airport. Relations with North Korea, which refuses to cooperate with Malaysia, continued to deteriorate.