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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said it would sever diplomatic relations with Malaysia after a court there ruled that a North Korean man could be extradited to the United States to face money-laundering charges, state media KCNA reported on Friday.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS\/Edgar Su<\/figcaption>

North Korea\u2019s foreign affairs ministry also warned Washington would \u201cpay a price\u201d, in a statement carried by KCNA.<\/p>\n

Malaysia\u2019s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The North Korean statement did not name its citizen, but in early March, Malaysia\u2019s top court ruled that a North Korean man, Mun Chol Myong, could be extradited.<\/p>\n

Mun had been arrested in 2019 after the United States accused him of laundering funds through front companies and issuing fraudulent documents to support illicit shipments to North Korea. He fought the extradition request, arguing that it was politically motivated.<\/p>\n

The North Korean foreign ministry called the extradition a \u201cnefarious act and unpardonably heavy crime\u201d by Malaysian authorities, who had \u201coffered our citizen as a sacrifice of the U.S. hostile move in defiance of the acknowledged international laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malaysia\u2019s actions had destroyed \u201cthe entire foundation of the bilateral relations based on the respect for sovereignty,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Kuala Lumpur\u2019s once-close ties with North Korea were severely downgraded after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s estranged brother, Kim Jong Nam, was killed at a Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017 when two women smeared his face with VX nerve agent, which the United Nations lists as a weapon of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

Malaysia suspended operation of its embassy in 2017 after it secured the safe return of nine citizens held in Pyongyang in exchange for the release of Kim Jong Nam\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

Despite a promise by Malaysia\u2019s then-premier Mahathir Mohamad during an apparent thaw in diplomatic relations in 2018, the embassy never resumed operations.<\/p>\n

North Korea had used Malaysia as a hub for its arms export operation, and to set up business entities for funneling money to North Korea\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

The ministry\u2019s statement did not mention what would happen to North Korea\u2019s embassy in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe warn in advance that the U.S. – the backstage manipulator and main culprit of this incident – that it will also be made to pay a due price,\u201d KCNA reported.<\/p>\n

On Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the administration of President Joe Biden would complete a review of its North Korea policy in the next few weeks in close consultation with allies.<\/p>\n

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