Malaysia expels North Korea Ambassador Kang Chol

Malaysia has declared North Korea's ambassador persona non grata over the alleged murder of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother and ordered the diplomat to leave the country within the next 48 hours. Kang Chol's expulsion came on Saturday, just weeks after Kim Jong-nam was allegedly poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport on February 13.
"The expulsion of the DPRK [North Korea] ambassador is... an indication of the government's concern that Malaysia may have been used for illegal activities," Malaysia's foreign ministry said in a statement.
The decision was made after he failed to appear at Malaysia's foreign ministry at 6pm local time on Saturday despite being summoned, said Al Jazeera's Florence Looi, reporting from Kuala Lumpur.
"[Authorities] were also expecting North Korea to issue an apology because of the accusations they were making against Malaysia. But that also didn't happen, so they took this drastic measure they said."