South Korea vows to make North pay for torpedo attack

SOUTH KOREA’S president slashed trade to impoverished North Korea and pledged to haul Pyongyang before the UN Security Council, vowing yesterday to make it “pay a price” for a torpedo attack that killed 46 sailors.

President Barack Obama offered his full support for South Korea’s moves, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conferred with China — a veto-wielding permanent seat holder on the Security Council — on the next step in what she called a “highly precarious” security situation.

The March 26 sinking of the Cheonan in the Yellow Sea off the west coast was South Korea’s worst military disaster since the 1950-53 Korean War.