Feb 07,2022:North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes during the past year, and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by the Reuters news agency on Saturday.
The annual report by independent sanctions monitors was submitted on Friday evening to the UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee.
Since 2006, North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions, which the Security Council has strengthened over the years in an effort to target funding for Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
The United States and others said on Friday that North Korea had carried out nine ballistic missile launches in January, adding it was the largest monthly number in the history of the country’s weapons of mass destruction and missile programmes.
