Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025
Theft of designs and technology (semiconductors, uranium processing, air defense, missiles, SLBM; satellite optical equipment) from the ROK and the UK
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 91) “North Korea has attempted to obtain information on nuclear power plants, facilities, and materials, military drones, submarines, and shipbuilding from the U.S., UK, the ROK, and other MSMT Participating States ... North Korea has stolen designs for and subsequently introduced technology on semiconductors, uranium processing, air defense, missiles, and submarine launched ballistic missiles from the ROK and the UK. Stolen ROK optical equipment and launch vehicle technology was observed on a North Korean reconnaissance satellite launched in 2023. North Korea used stolen ROK cold launch technology to shorten development timelines of submarine launched ballistic missiles.”