NAME

ANGABEN ZUR IDENTITÄT

BEGRÜNDUNG

5.

Aufgehoben

 

 

7.

PAK Jae-gyong

a.k.a. PAK Chae-Kyong

PAK Jae Gyong

DOB: 10.6.1933

Passport number: 554410661

Gender: male

General of the Korean People’s Army. Former Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Armed Forces and former Deputy Director of the Logistics Bureau of the People’s Armed Forces (military adviser to late Kim Jong-Il). Present at Kim Jong Un’s inspection of Strategic Rocket Force Command in 2012. Former member of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. President of the Korean Committee of Veterans against Imperialism. Pak Jae Gyong was described as a member of veteran cadres invited to banquets with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on 9 September 2022 on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK.

10.

KIM Yong Chol

a.k.a. KIM Yong-Chol; KIM Young-Chol;

KIM Young-Cheol;

KIM Young-Chul

DOB: 1946

POB: Pyongan-Pukto, DPRK

Gender: male

Alternate Member of Political Bureau and Member of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Member of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and from June 2023, United Front Department Advisor. Former commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), an entity sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council.

14.

HONG Sung-Mu

a.k.a. HONG Sung Mu

DOB: 1.1.1942

Gender: male

Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department (MID). The MID - designated by the UN Security Council on 2 March 2016 - is involved in key aspects of the DPRK’s missile programme. The MID is responsible for overseeing the development of the DPRK’s ballistic missiles, including research and development programmes. As such, Hong is responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear arms-related, ballistic-missile-related, or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. He witnessed the launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on 28 November 2017. Participated in a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Korean Workers’ Party in July 2020 dedicated to "deterrence from war", a euphemism used to refer to the DPRK nuclear programme. Re-elected to Party Central Committee in January 2021. In March 2023, he was photographed with Kim Jong Un inspecting purported nuclear warheads ready for mounting on ballistic missiles.

15.

JO Kyongchol

a.k.a. JO Kyong Chol

Gender: male

General in the Korean People’s Army. Appointed as a Member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea in June 2022, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Director of the Military Security Command. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Accompanied Kim Jong Un to largest-ever long-range artillery fire drill. Re-elected to Party Central Committee in January 2021.

21.

PAK Jong-chon

a.k.a. PAK Jong Chon

Gender: male

Former Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, former Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, former Secretary of the Central Committee of the Worker’s Party of Korea. Member of the State Affairs Commission, Marshal and former Chief of the General Staff. Performed the formal review at the 25 April 2022 military parade, which indicates his role in and responsibility for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.

50.

KIM Chang Hyok

a.k.a: James Kim

Date of birth: 29.4.1963

Place of birth: N. Hamgyong

Passport number: 472130058

Kim Chang Hyok has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as the representative of Pan Systems Pyongyang in Malaysia. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations.

Established multiple accounts in Malaysia in the name of front companies of "Glocom”, itself a front company of designated entity Pan Systems Pyongyang.

The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

52.

RYANG Su Nyo

Date of birth: 11.8.1959

Place of birth:

Japan

Director of Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

53.

PYON Won Gun

Date of birth: 13.3.1968

Place of birth: S. Phyongan

Service passport number: 836220035

Passport number: 290220142

Director of Glocom, a front company of Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations.

Glocom advertises radio communications equipment for military and paramilitary organizations.

Pyon Won Gun has also been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

54.

PAE Won Chol

Date of birth: 30.8.1969

Place of birth: Pyongyang

Diplomatic Passport number: 654310150

Pae Won Chol has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

55.

RI Sin Song

 

Ri Sin Song has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

56.

KIM Sung Su

 

Kim Sung Su has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as representative of Pan Systems Pyongyang in China. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

57.

KIM Pyong Chol

 

Kim Pyong Chol has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

65.

Kim Su Gil

a.k.a. Kim Su-gil

DOB: 1950

In his capacity as Director of the Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau between 2018 and 2021 and a Member of the State Affairs Commission between 2019 and 2021, and his position in 2023 as Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang City Party Committee and Alternative Member of the Political Bureau, he is responsible for the implementation of the Korean Workers’ Party decisions, related to the development of nuclear and ballistic programmes in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), and 2397 (2017).

66.

JON Il Ho

a.k.a. JON Il-Ho

DOB: 1955 or 1956

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

In his capacity as Chair of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK) Committee of the Academy for Defence Research and a member of the Central Committee of the WPK, he plays a major role in and is responsible for the development of the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction programmes. Promoted to Colonel General in August 2019, recipient of the February 16 Science and Technology Prize, Director of the Research Institute of Automation and Institute Director of Kim Chaek University of Technology, and Vice Director of a Department of the Central Committee of the WPK, he participated at the launches of the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on 4 July 2017 and 28 July 2017, as well as most other missile launches in 2017, 2019 and March 2020.

68.

YU Jin

a.k.a. YU Jin

DOB: 1960

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

In his capacity as former Director of the Munitions Industry Department and, since 1 January 2023, Member of the Central Committee of Workers’ Party of Korea, he is responsible for playing a major role in the development of the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction programmes both in nuclear and ballistic fields. He accompanied Kim Jong Un to the National Aerospace Development Administration prior to the March 2022 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch and took part in the 2021 National Defence Exhibition, which displayed apparently new weapons systems. As Deputy Director, he was present during the Hwasong-14 ICBM tests of 4 July 2017 and 28 July 2017, as well as Kim Jong Un’s inspection of a new type of submarine, which the DPRK indicated was intended for the "strategic" purpose of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles, possibly capable of carrying nuclear warheads, on 22 July 2019 and the ballistic missile launches of 25 July and 30 July 2019, and 2 August 2019.

80.

O Yong Ho

Date of Birth: 25.12.1961

Passport number: 108410041

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

In his capacity as a representative in Moscow, Russian Federation, with direct links to the Second Academy of Natural Sciences, O Yong Ho takes part, under diplomatic status, in activities for a sanctioned entity set out in UNSCR 2094 (2013). This entity is known for its proliferation activities benefiting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. He sought to procure missile-applicable items from third countries on behalf of the DPRK’s missile program, including aramid fiber, stainless steel tubes, and ball bearings. He has also sought to procure multiple goods controlled by the Nuclear Suppliers Group with ballistic missile applications, including Kevlar thread, aramid fiber, aviation oil, ball bearings, and precision milling machines. As such, he is directly involved in providing funds and supplies for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.

 

NAME

ANGABEN ZUR IDENTITÄT

BEGRÜNDUNG

4.

Yongbyon
Nuclear

Scientific

Research Centre

 

Facilities capable of producing fissile material for military uses, including a 5MW (e) reactor, a plutonium reprocessing facility (radio-chemical laboratory), and a reported uranium enrichment facility. The Centre is maintained by the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the UNSC, 16.7.2009). In its final report of March 2023, the Panel of Experts set up pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1874 noted indications of possible tests of the cooling water system at the Light-Water Reactor, satellite imagery showing that the 5MW reactor had continued to operate and intermittent signs of smoke from the chimney of the thermal plant of the radiochemical laboratory. Plumes of steam from the uranium dioxide production building probably indicated that the DPRK would continue production of fissile material.

10.

Pan Systems Pyongyang

a.k.a. Wonbang Trading Co.; Glocom; International Golden Services; International Global System

Address: Room 818, Pothonggang Hotel, Ansan-Dong, Pyongchon district, Pyongyang, DPRK.

Pan Systems has assisted in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea.

Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, an entity that has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

11.

Eritech Computer Assembly & Communication Technology PLC

Address: Denden Street N028,

Asmara, 257,

Eritrea

Eritech Computer Assembly & Communication technology PLC is placed under the authority or under the direction of the Eritrean Defense Forces and is domiciled within their complex of the Asha Golgol Military Technical Center, used for the production, modification or repair of civil and military and paramilitary equipment. It is engaged in sanctions evasion and responsible for supporting the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes since it was identified as the intended recipient in July 2016 of a shipment from China of military communications equipment of DPRK origin. Most of the equipment concerned came from GLOCOM, a DPRK company specialised in the supply of military transmission equipment, linked to the DPRK intelligence services in violation, in particular, of UNSCR 2270 (2016). The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms.

12.

Korea General Corporation for External Construction

(Aliases: KOGEN, GENCO)

Address:

Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

The Korea General Corporation for External Construction (KOGEN) has advertised itself as using DPRK employees for projects in other countries, including through the official DPRK internet portal Naenara. KOGEN is, thereby, engaged in sanctions evasion by violating UNSCR 2397 (2017), which prohibits the deployment of overseas workers whose wages are paid to the DPRK government and could be used to support the nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, and is responsible for supporting financially the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes as it transfers all or part of the wages of workers it sends abroad to the regime, a practice prohibited by UNSCR 2397 (2017).