South Korea, Japan and the United States on Friday urged UN member states to repatriate North Korean workers, claiming they continued to help Pyongyang dodge sanctions and fund its weapons programs.
North Korea was also engaged in "malicious cyber activities" that supported its military expansion, representatives of the three countries said in a joint statement.
"Overseas DPRK IT workers continue using forged identities and nationalities to evade UNSC sanctions and earn income abroad that funds the DPRK's unlawful weapon of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs," the envoys said, using North Korea's official name. In recent months, it has tested a number of weapons, including an intercontinental ballistic missile in defiance of international sanctions, and what it claimed was an underwater nuclear-capable drone.
Later Friday, South Korea said the North abruptly stopped answering the routine phone calls that normally take place twice every day via a military hotline and the inter-Korean communication liaison channel.
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