A UN report says North Korea continues its weapons programs despite its leader’s promise to denuclearize.
The six-month confidential report from independent experts monitoring Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile activities, cited by Reuters, said the North is still developing its weapons programs.
Pyongyang has “continued to defy Security Council resolutions through a massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products, as well as through transfers of coal at sea during 2018,” the report said.
This is not the first time that reports are suggesting Pyongyang is pressing ahead with its nuclear and missile activities since US President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June.
The report came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for more diplomatic and economic pressures on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
“The work has begun. The process of achieving denuclearization of the…