Malaysia to reopen N.Korea embassy after murder row


Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says if North Korea promises to abandon nuclear weapons, there will be less tension. – AFP pic, June 12, 2018.

MALAYSIA will reopen its embassy in Pyongyang more than a year after the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half-brother in klia2 triggered a diplomatic row.

The news came the same day US President Donald Trump and the North’s Kim Jong-un held a historic summit in Singapore, as Washington seeks to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arsenal.


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