North Korea developing nuclear, missile programs in 2021: UN report

A United Nations report has revealed that North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021.

North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country's worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday. The report by a panel of independent sanctions monitors to the UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee said Pyongyang "continued to seek material and technology for these programmes overseas."