North Korea's diplomats in Malaysia shuttered their embassy and flew out of the country yesterday, after Pyongyang severed diplomatic ties over the extradition of a citizen to the United States for violating UN sanctions. 

Pyongyang announced the shock move Friday, labelling Malaysia's extradition of a North Korean man an "unpardonable crime" carried out under "blind obedience" to American pressure.

After Pyongyang cut ties, Malaysia gave North Korean diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.