Coal imports from DPRK halted amid weapons tension

Foreign minister calls for a return to talks to reach peace on Korean Peninsula

China suspended all coal imports from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday as part of moves to prevent Pyongyang further advancing its weapons program.

Although the situation on the Korean Peninsula is getting complicated and severe, efforts to seek peace should not be abandoned, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday while meeting with Yun Byung-se, his counterpart from the Republic of Korea, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany.