North Korea says new sanctions cannot block development, KCNA reports
North Korea said 100,000 workers abroad support its economy and rejected the report as an illegal attempt to block cooperation with other countries.
- On Monday, North Korea rejected the recent report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team , labeling the findings as illegal fabrications that distort legitimate economic activities as illicit behavior.
- Released last week, the MSMT report alleged that North Korea continues to deploy workers abroad in violation of Security Council resolutions, with around 100,000 workers operating in at least 17 countries.
- The report estimated laborers, primarily in China and Russia, generated between $450 million and $800 million in 2025 to fund the country's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
- A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson denounced the MSMT, a group of 11 nations, as a "plot-breeding organization" that distorts normal activities as illegal, KCNA reported.
- The MSMT was established in October 2024 to monitor sanctions after Russia vetoed the Security Council's previous Panel of Experts mandate on Pyongyang.
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NORTH Korea rejects new sanctions and accusations that it is funding its nuclear program with workers abroad. Pyongyang claims the UN team's report is fake and will not tolerate restrictions.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon Bo-ram = Regarding the international community's report containing the results of monitoring activities on sanctions against North Korea, such as the illegal dispatch of workers overseas, "normal is abnormal..."
North Korea says new sanctions cannot block development, KCNA reports
North Korea said on Monday it would not tolerate what it called hostile forces' efforts to curb Pyongyang's cooperation with other countries, adding that no new sanctions would block its development or defence of its core interests, state media KCNA reported, citing a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
North Korea announced today that it will not tolerate what it described as attempts by hostile forces to limit Pyongyang's cooperation with other countries.
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