A congregation at Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque in Putrajaya, also known as the Iron Mosque, performing special prayers for the safe return of Malaysians stranded in North Korea.

The government had asked for Muslims performing Friday prayers on March 10 to also pray for a resolution to the crisis with North Korea.

Pyongyang on March 7 barred Malaysians from leaving North Korea amid mounting tensions, following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at KLIA2.

Two Malaysians were allowed to leave Pyongyang on March 9 as they held United Nations travel documents but three more diplomatic staff and six family members remain stranded.