Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Affairs on Thursday announced that it has decided to expel North Korean ambassador Kim Hyong Gil, giving him 72 hours to leave the country, in protest against the DPRK’s sixth nuke test on Sunday.

“Today, the Mexican government declared Mr. Kim Hyong Gil, ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, persona non grata, giving him 72 hours to leave the country,” the statement reads.

“With this diplomatic step, Mexico expresses to the North Korean government its categorical repudiation of its recent nuclear activity, which is an increasingly brazen violation of international law and which poses