UN report shows North Korea’s illegal coal exports to China are carried out in larger amounts, in waters closer to its territory
Pyongyangs's self-imposed pariah status, its continued nuclear and missile tests seen by observers as self-defeating
UN Sanctions Committee on North Korea grants exemptions for Doctors Without Borders to deliver medical supplies to country widely seen as unprepared for coronavirus
UN sanctions committee told VOA Korean Service that it will consider exemptions on sending aid to North Korea to help it combat the coronavirus as speculations grow over virus deaths in the country
Sanctions expert Neil Watts says every UN member should share information to help identify North Korean networks overseeing the illegal oil trading that supports Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.