Malaysians In North Korea Safe - Foreign Deputy Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- Eleven Malaysians including two United Nations World Food Programme participants who are presently in North Korea are safe. Foreign Deputy Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican said besides the duo, others were three officers and staff of the Malaysian Embassy and their family members. "There is no threat to their lives. Let us not come to that point yet. I will also contact one of them soon," he told reporters at the parliament building lobby here Tuesday. -- BERNAMA