The North Korean story is not over yet


Home sweet home: Anifah (fourth from right) accompanying the nine Malaysians at KLIA’s Bunga Raya Complex.

IT was tough and challenging – those were the words uttered by an official involved in negotiating the return of the nine Malaysians banned from leaving North Korea.

Another official said he was only able to breathe easily after the aircraft bringing the Malaysians home entered Chinese airspace some 15 minutes after leaving Pyongyang.

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