North Korea and Malaysia in tit-for-tat travel ban on citizens over Kim Jong-nam murder –

North Korea temporarily bans Malaysians from leaving North Korea, and Malaysia hits back with a ban of its own, amid an escalating row over the murder of Kim Jong-nam.

The North’s foreign ministry has notified the Malaysian embassy in Pyongyang of the reason for the measure and said it had hoped the case would be swiftly and fairly resolved in order to develop bilateral ties with Malaysia, the North’s KCNA news agency reported.

In response, Malaysia similarly banned all North Korean nationals from leaving Malaysia.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called on North Korea to immediately release all its citizens in North Korea.

MORE: North Korea and Malaysia in tit-for-tat travel ban on citizens over Kim Jong-nam murder – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)