The Philippines on Friday suspended trade relations with North Korea to comply with a UN Security Council resolution over its repeated missile tests, the country's Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said.

"We can say we have suspended trade relations with North Korea. We will fully comply with [the] UNSC resolution including the economic sanctions," Cayetano told reporters, according to Reuters.

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