Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi leave the Royal Malaysia Air Force base after a National Security Council emergency meeting in Subang, Malaysia, on March 7, 2017. Fazry Ismail / European Pressphoto Agency Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi leave the Royal Malaysia Air Force base after a National Security Council emergency meeting in Subang, Malaysia, on March 7, 2017. Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi leave the Royal Malaysia Air Force base after a National Security Council emergency meeting in Subang, Malaysia, on March 7, 2017. (Fazry Ismail / European Pressphoto Agency)Malaysian officials said 11 Malaysians are in North Korea — mostly diplomats and their family members — and 14 North Korean officials remain at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The tit-for-tat escalation is only part of a diplomatic nightmare engulfing Asia, with North Korea at its core.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 07, 2017 15:00 UTC