SEOUL (Reuters) -Efforts led by the U.S. and other Western countries to form new groups to monitor sanctions on North Korea will fail, the country's U.N. envoy said on Sunday, according to state media KCNA.

Recently, it was reported that North Korean animators may have been working on cartoon projects for western firms, including Amazon and HBO. Data found on a North Korean computer server suggests

North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said efforts to set up a new panel to monitor sanctions against his country would end in failure, state

U.S.-led efforts to form new groups monitoring sanctions on North Korea will fail, the country's U.N. envoy said on Sunday according to state media KCNA carrying his statement. Ambassador Kim Song made the comment in response to a joint statement the U.