North Korean murder case woman flies home

An Indonesian woman has returned home and thanked the president and Cabinet ministers for securing her release from Malaysia, where she had been charged over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother.

Malaysian prosecutors earlier on Monday withdraw the murder charge against Siti Aisyah, allowing her to return to Indonesia. A Vietnamese woman remains on trial.

Aisyah, surrounded by government officials and a mob of reporters at Jakarta's arport, struggled for words as journalists shouted questions. With a prompt from Indonesia's law and human rights minister, she thanked the president.

Aisyah's release is a boost for President Joko Widodo's re-election campaign.

The two women were accused of smearing VX nerve agent on the face of Kim's half brother, Kim Jong Nam, in an airport terminal.

Indonesia's government says its continual high-level lobbying resulted in the release of Aisyah.

The foreign ministry said in a statement that she was "deceived and did not realize at all that she was being manipulated by North Korean intelligence."

It said Aisyah, a migrant worker, believed that she was part of a reality TV show and never had any intention of killing Kim Jong Nam.