The U.S. Department of State has reportedly pointed out that North Korea's launch of satellites using ballistic missile technology are also a clear violation of the U.N. Security Council sanctions.
That's according to Voice of America, citing an official at the State Department.
North Korea's announcement last month that it will halt all nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests... did not mention satellites.
But the official said the sanctions require the North to verifiably and irreversibly abandon its ballistic missile program.
And although the North previously claimed that the satellites are purely for peaceful purposes,... the latest set of resolutions strictly prohibit any kind of launch using ballistic missile technology.