UN seeks calm between Malaysia and N.Korea

Amid increasingly tense relations between Malaysia and North Korea, the UN is calling for calm.

The United Nations is calling for calm between Malaysia and North Korea after Pyongyang barred Malaysians from leaving the country, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia.

"We call for calm and for both parties to settle any differences through established diplomatic practice," UN spokesman Farhan Haq said on Tuesday.