Pyongyang announced Friday that it broke diplomatic ties with Malaysia after that country extradited a North Korean citizen to the United States, in a foreign ministry statement carried on state news wire KCNA.
On March 17, Malaysian authorities “committed an unpardonable crime… of forcibly delivering the innocent citizen (of North Korea) to the United States,” the statement read.
North Korea’s foreign ministry “hereby announces total severance of the diplomatic relations with Malaysia,” the statement added, slamming what it called a “hostile act” committed against Pyongyang “in subservience to the US pressure.”
