The U.N. Panel of Experts on North Korea has publicly released its latest report, laying out evidence that shows how Pyongyang has pushed forward its nuclear and ballistic missile objectives and violated international sanctions on everything from oil imports to DPRK nationals working abroad.

The publication of the report, which covers the period from Aug. 4, 2021 to Jan. 28, 2022, came around a week after the U.N. Security Council extended the Panel’s mandate for another year late last month, despite apparent disagreement between permanent members the U.S., China and Russia on imposing new sanctions in response to North Korea’s rapid series of weapons tests this year, including of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The eight-person Panel of Experts is based in New York and is charged with assisting the 1718 Sanctions Committee with monitoring the implementation of the international sanctions regime on the DPRK. The Panel typically includes members from the U.K., France, Russia, China and the U.S., as well as from other regional stakeholders like Japan and South Korea, but the latest report is the first produced without an American expert.

NK News and NK Pro coverage based on an advanced draft of the Panel’s 16th biannual report has detailed an array of key findings in the 423-page document. These include that Pyongyang may have acquired the know-how to build a hypersonic missile through cyberattacks, evidence that the DPRK has imported oil in excess of an annual cap and that a North Korean spy operated hotels, casinos and other businesses in Cambodia.

The full list of NK News and NK Pro articles on the report is included below.

How a key UN vacancy could undermine investigations into DPRK sanctions-busting

Lack of American on UN Panel of Experts could give China and Russia freer hand to shape upcoming report, experts say

Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report

Draft report says DPRK may have obtained technical know-how for advanced weapon through cyberattack

North Korea tried to buy luxury cars ahead of food crisis last year: Report

New UN draft report documents effort to procure four top-of-the-line SUVs last year despite strict COVID border controls

50 countries say North Korea exceeded its annual cap on oil imports: UN report

Upcoming report marks first time so many countries have endorsed conclusion, though China and Russia remain unconvinced

North Koreans continue to work abroad in violation of UN sanctions: Report

Expert says workers can find informal employment, as the DPRK’s COVID-19 controls leave its citizens stranded overseas

Key UN report gives little grounds for optimism about DPRK missile development

Recent burst of testing shows North Korea’s commitment to military modernization, Panel of Experts draft report says

Report alleges Taiwanese firm helped smuggle illicit oil into North Korea

UN experts say firm puppeteered phony shell companies to funnel oil and cash to and from Pyongyang

North Korean spy ran hotels, casinos and travel agency in Cambodia: UN report

Expert says Cambodia has been a ‘gold mine’ for North Korean operatives looking to set up shop

Agents in China and Russia help advance North Korean missile development: Report

UN Panel of Experts report documents efforts of DPRK nationals to procure Kevlar, steel and other materials for WMDs

North Korea continues to export sanctioned coal, import Chinese humanitarian aid

UN draft report suggests several ships sent coal to China in exchange for aid cargos during second year of pandemic

Coal, ships and steel: New Hong Kong company flouts DPRK sanctions, report says

Firm’s murky origins and alleged dealings fit the bill of Pyongyang’s usual cast of overseas collaborators

Technical disputes over North Korea sanctions violations return in UN report

Different interpretations of UN resolutions create space for countries to trade possibly banned goods with Pyongyang

Seoul-based middleman suspected of transferring ship to North Korea: UN report

Oil tanker acquired around the same time Pyongyang appeared to accelerate smuggling operations in May 2021

New hotspots emerge for ship-to-ship oil transfers to North Korea: UN report

Foreign vessels are smuggling oil outside Nampho and off west coast, as DPRK’s pandemic controls prevent docking

Hong Kong companies paid $45 million for oil delivered to North Korea: Report

Evidence from UN Panel of Experts report ties payments to Taiwanese firm allegedly linked to major oil trader

North Korea mostly to blame for growing human suffering — not sanctions: Report

Country’s virus controls compound long-running humanitarian crises, as NGOs anticipate bleak future for DPRK aid work

‘Dark fleet’ continues to fish North Korean waters, though numbers drop: Report

UN Panel of Experts says over 400 foreign vessels engaged in illegal fishing in DPRK waters in second quarter last year

North Korean IT workers active in Equatorial Guinea despite 2019 ban: UN report

13 workers reportedly arrived from 2018-2019, after country said it repatriated DPRK laborers in line with UN sanctions

Edited by Arius Derr