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North Korea and Malaysia Tuesday banned each others citizens from leaving their countries, with Kuala Lumpur saying its nationals were effectively being held “hostage” in a row over the assassination of Kim Jong Nam.

cheap moncler coats The extraordinary tit for tat moves came as the reclusive North faced growing international condemnation for a volley of missiles it fired into the Sea of Japan, defying stringent global sanctions aimed cheap moncler outlet at halting its moncler mens jackets weapons programme. cheap moncler coats

Tuesdays developments marked a dramatic heightening of tensions with Malaysia three weeks after the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was murdered moncler sale outlet at Malaysias main airport with the banned VX nerve agent.

The North decided to “temporarily ban the exit of Malaysian citizens in the DPRK” https://www.moncler-jacket-outlet.com, the official news agency KCNA said, citing the foreign ministry and using the countrys official name, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.

The prohibition would remain in place “until the safety of the diplomats and citizens of the DPRK in Malaysia is fully guaranteed through the fair settlement of the case that occurred in Malaysia”.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak condemned the ban and said he was ordering a similar ban on the movement of “all North Korean citizens buy moncler jackets in Malaysia”. Analysts said they could number around 1,000.

“This abhorrent act Moncler Outlet, effectively holding our citizens hostage, is in total disregard of all international law and diplomatic norms,” Najib said.

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“We give assurances we will do everything within our means to bring them home safely,” Najib said in cheap moncler a statement afterwards on the 11 Malaysians.

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cheap moncler outlet Senior cabinet minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told AFP Malaysia had “very special” ties with China while Beijing had good relations with Pyongyang. “And this is one of the avenues we can explore cheap moncler coats to resolve the issue amicably.” Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur had unusually strong links for moncler outlet online years, but ties have rapidly degenerated in the weeks since two women wiped a deadly chemical on Kim Jong Nams face. cheap moncler outlet

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moncler outlet jackets Seoul has blamed Pyongyang for the assassination, and Kuala Lumpur wants to question several North Koreans, although the only one it arrested was released last week for lack of evidence. moncler outlet jackets

The North has never confirmed the dead mans identity, but has denounced the Malaysian investigation as an attempt to smear it.

North Korean ambassador Kang Chol slammed what he called a “pre targeted investigation by the Malaysian police” on Monday, just before leaving the country after being expelled.

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According to KCNA, the foreign ministry expressed hopes that the Malaysian government would solve the issue “as early as possible” from a position of “goodwill”.

Chang Yong Seok, senior researcher at Seoul National Universitys Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, said Pyongyang was using the exit ban as leverage to try to prevent the arrest of key suspects holed up in its embassy.

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moncler jackets outlet The escalating row comes as the United Nations Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting to coordinate the global response to the Norths latest missile launches, which KCNA said Tuesday were trial runs at hitting “the bases of the US imperialist aggressor forces in Japan”. moncler jackets outlet

Three of the four projectiles fired Monday came down provocatively close to Japan, in what observers said was a test of US President Donald Trumps inchoate North Korea policy.

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