The US, South Korea, and Japan have announced the establishment of a new multinational group to monitor the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea. The decision comes in the wake of Russia and China disrupting UN monitoring activities, reports Reuters. The mechanism, named the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, was established in March this year. This followed Moscow’s rejection of the annual update of the UN expert group, which had monitored compliance with sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs for the past 15 years. At that time, China abstained fro…