PH cuts trade with NKorea

THE Philippines has suspended its trade relations with North Korea in compliance with the resolution of the United Nations (UN) Security Council imposing sanctions on Pyongyang, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said.

The UN Security Council in August adopted Resolution 2371 which imposed tougher sanctions against North Korea, barring it from supplying, selling or transferring coal, iron, iron ore, seafood, lead and lead ore to other countries.