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As published in Malay Mail today By Haresh Deol and Wan Noriza Meor Idris mmnews@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR  — The FA of Malaysia (FAM) will “exhaust all options” after it was decided the national team will play North Korea in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers in Pyongyang next month. The decision, made by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Monday, sent jitters down the spines of several parties as this will be the nation’s first official visit to the hermit kingdom following a diplomatic row between both countries. China, South Korea and the United States were also at the edge of their seats following threats of nuclear missile tests by the rogue state. FAM general secretary Datuk Hamidin Amin, who was in Bahrain for the annual Fifa Congress, said he would speak to FAM president Tunku Ismail Ibrahim on their next move ahead of the match. “We are concerned. The first thing I’ll do when I get back is to meet Tunku Ismail and get his views. We will exhaust all optio...

There are no indications of the Malaysian embassy evacuating its Malaysian staff from Pyongyang despite warnings by the North Korean government to foreigners and diplomats to leave the country as tension in the Korean peninsular heightens. The North Korean government had on Friday told foreign embassies in Pyongyang to consider evacuating staff as their safety “could not be guaranteed” if a war breaks out. Third secretary Salmah Ahmad confirmed the staff are still based in the country. Read more in The Malay Mail today . North Korea had also warn foreigners to leave South Korea as seen here . HD says: Hmm..