(Achmad Ibrahim/Associated Press)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Two Malaysian employees of the U.N.’s World Food Program who were stranded in North Korea because of a travel ban have left the country, the U.N. said Thursday. When North Korea issued its travel ban earlier this week, Malaysia responded in kind, barring North Koreans from leaving its soil. About 1,000 North Koreans are believed to be in Malaysia, until recently one of the few countries where North Koreans could travel without a visa. Malaysian authorities say the substance was VX nerve agent and the two attackers were recruited by a team of North Koreans. Protesters waved green flags and held up banners such that read “Save Siti Aisyah” and “Siti Aisyah is only a victim of political conspiracy interests.”___AP writer Niniek Karmini in Jakarta contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2017 08:26 UTC