S. Korea condemns N. Korea's continued sanctions violations at UNSC

South Korea has condemned North Korea for continuing to violate UN sanctions amid its missile and nuclear weapons ambitions.

Remarks to this end were made during a session of the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York earlier on Wednesday during which Seoul pointed to Pyongyang's illicit exports of coal and iron, shipments of weapons and deployments of soldiers to Russia.

South Korea also warned military collaboration between North Korea and Russia undermine broader global security.

North Korea for its part found fault with the U.S. for tensions on the Korean peninsula.