US EditionNorth Korea Condemns Multilateral Sanction Monitoring Activity, KCNA Says
North Korea calls the 11-country sanctions monitoring team "illegal" and disputes its $2.84 billion cyber theft claim, accusing the U.S. of politicizing the U.N. system.
- On Jan 12, North Korea lashed out at a special sanctions monitoring team, describing its activities as `illegal` and disconnected from the United Nations, while its U.N. mission issued a KCNA-carried statement responding to a planned U.S. Department of State briefing.
- Set up in 2024, the MSMT replaced a prior U.N. panel after Russia rejected its renewal, which had enforced U.N. Security Council Resolutions targeting North Korea's nuclear programs.
- Investigators reported `deep connections` between U.N.-designated North Korean entities and cyber activity, alleging about $11 billion in virtual-asset theft between early 2024 and September 2025.
- In its KCNA-carried statement, North Korea's permanent mission to the United Nations called the MSMT a `plot-breeding organization` and accused the United States of `wantonly` violating the U.N. Charter, saying it `resolutely opposes and rejects` the mechanism.
- China's abstention at the U.N. General Assembly reveals divisions among major powers, while the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team includes 11 countries such as South Korea and the United States.
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Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team reports on North Korean cyber threat
A multinational team monitoring UN sanctions on North Korea has issued a warning against cyberattacks that are said to be financing Pyongyang's development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
On Monday, the North Korean authorities denounced America’s “depreciation” for “the existence of the UN” with its “criminal acts” and stated that instead of analysing Pyongyang’s actions, the “deployable” measures that Washington is putting in place should be addressed. They expressed this in a statement issued by the North Korean news agency KCNA, where they criticized the UN’s plans to analyse alleged violations by North Korea of the internati…
North Korea condemns multilateral sanction monitoring activity, KCNA says
North Korea has lashed out at a special sanctions monitoring team composed of multiple countries, calling its activities "illegal" and irrelevant to the United Nations, state media KCNA reported on Monday.
North Korea slams US plan to present report on DPRK sanctions violations at UN
North Korea has denounced U.S. plans to present a multilateral report on Pyongyang’s sanctions evasion activities at the U.N., dismissing the findings as “fabricated.” In a statement Monday, the DPRK Permanent Mission to the U.N. accused the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) of being an “illegal” organization that has no connection with the intergovernmental body. […]
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