North Korean Diplomats Leaving Malaysia After Ties Are Severed

North Korean Diplomats Leaving Malaysia After Ties Are Severed
Kim Yu Song, center, a counselor at the North Korean Embassy to Malaysia, reads out a statement outside the embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Vincent Thian/AP
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States.

The North Korean flag and embassy signage were removed from the premise in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. Two buses ferried the diplomats and their families to the airport, where they were seen checking in for a flight to Shanghai.