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".
The isolated Asian nation imposed a strict lockdown last year amid the coronavirus pandemic that has slashed its trade and aid access, hurting an economy already burdened by international sanctions. "With trade all but stopped by the blockade, and last year's harvest badly affected by floods, the current prospects of the wider DPRK population are poor," they said.North Korea has been subjected to UN sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. The Security Council has steadily strengthened sanctions in a bid to cut off funding for the programmes.
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