Thrown out – but not ruffled


Keeping his cool: Kang Chol remains stoic as he arrives at the Beijing Capital International Airport. — THO XIN YI/The Star

The Star’s THO XIN YI, who was on board the flight that took Kang Chol to Beijing, found the expelled North Korean ambassador unflustered by the attention.

BEIJING: He was no K-pop star but Ambassador Kang Chol got the full-on paparazzi treatment even on board his flight out of Malaysia following his expulsion.

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