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North Korea Denies Sanctions Breaches Over Overseas Workers
(MENAFN) North Korea has dismissed a report concerning its citizens working abroad, rejecting allegations from a US-led sanctions monitoring body and arguing that the group has improperly portrayed lawful economic cooperation as breaches of United Nations sanctions.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry described the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team as a “ghost group lacking any legality,” according to reports citing the country’s state media.
The monitoring body said last week that an estimated 35,600 to more than 100,000 North Korean workers were still present in at least 17 countries, with most located in China and Russia. Their continued presence reportedly violates UN sanctions that require such workers to be sent back to North Korea.
The report also alleged that some North Korean workers in Russia were engaged in manufacturing military drones.
Pyongyang rejected those claims and defended its economic and other exchanges with foreign countries as legitimate activities. It argued that such cooperation “cannot be subject to interference or investigation of a third party.”
North Korea also pledged to “strongly counter” efforts that it views as attempts to hinder its economic development and international cooperation.
The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team was formed in October 2024 after Russia opposed extending the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts, which had previously been responsible for overseeing the implementation of sanctions against North Korea.
The monitoring group consists of 11 countries: the United States, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry described the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team as a “ghost group lacking any legality,” according to reports citing the country’s state media.
The monitoring body said last week that an estimated 35,600 to more than 100,000 North Korean workers were still present in at least 17 countries, with most located in China and Russia. Their continued presence reportedly violates UN sanctions that require such workers to be sent back to North Korea.
The report also alleged that some North Korean workers in Russia were engaged in manufacturing military drones.
Pyongyang rejected those claims and defended its economic and other exchanges with foreign countries as legitimate activities. It argued that such cooperation “cannot be subject to interference or investigation of a third party.”
North Korea also pledged to “strongly counter” efforts that it views as attempts to hinder its economic development and international cooperation.
The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team was formed in October 2024 after Russia opposed extending the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts, which had previously been responsible for overseeing the implementation of sanctions against North Korea.
The monitoring group consists of 11 countries: the United States, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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