US Department of State statement on DPRK sanctions monitoring report

13 January 2026

The US Department of State has issued a statement and a fact sheet summarising the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team’s October 2025 report on North Korea’s evasion of UN sanctions through cyber and information technology worker activities. Our coverage of the report summarises its main findings.

The US says that North Korea continues to engage in malicious cyber operations. It alleges that in the three months since the report’s release, the DPRK “has stolen an additional $400 million in cryptocurrency, bringing the total stolen in 2025 to more than $2 billion”.

The MSMT was established by 11 countries in October 2024 to monitor UN North Korea sanctions violations and evasion after the UN’s panel of experts that previously monitored DPRK sanctions was disbanded in April 2024 following a veto by Russia. Its first report was published in May 2025. A joint statement from participating countries said the second report will assist full implementation of UN resolutions.

UN Member States must enforce DPRK sanctions, including all asset freezes. See our UN DPRK page for more information.