North Koreans leave Malaysia after ties cut

North Korea's diplomats in Malaysia shuttered their embassy and flew out of the country yesterday, after Pyongyang severed diplomatic ties over the extradition of a citizen to the United States for violating UN sanctions. 

Pyongyang announced the shock move Friday, labelling Malaysia's extradition of a North Korean man an "unpardonable crime" carried out under "blind obedience" to American pressure.

After Pyongyang cut ties, Malaysia gave North Korean diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.