'Tipping point' on Peninsula near, says Wang

The situation on the Korean Peninsula is approaching "a tipping point for a crisis as well as a turning point for making decisions to return to peaceful dialogue", Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.

Wang made the remarks when meeting with Ri Yong-ho, his counterpart with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in Manila, Philippines.

Before their meeting on the sidelines of a series of foreign ministers' meetings involving the 10 Southeast Asian countries, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Sunday sanctioning the DPRK's test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles in July.