NAME

ANGABEN ZUR IDENTITÄT

BEGRÜNDUNG

81.

SONG Rim

a.k.a. Naya Liu

DOB: 25.2.1991

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

The UN Panel of Experts reports that Song Rim is a worker for the "Biryugang Overseas Technology Cooperation Company" ("Head of IT Development Department"), which is directly linked to the "Hapjanggang Trading Corporation", which is subordinate to the Ministry of Rocket Industry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A DPRK IT worker, Song Rim was identified in an apparent promotional video for a voice phishing hacking application, as highlighted by the Panel of Experts in its 2022 midterm report. The individual is therefore directly involved in providing support for the DPRK’s illicit programmes.

82.

KIM Chol Sok

a.k.a. Sok Kha; Lee Un-Kang; Chang Sok-kha; Kang Hyok; Li Yun-chiang;

Steven Lee

DOB: 1.1.1970

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

Passport: D0004492

(Cambodian

diplomatic passport, currently invalid)

The UN Panel of Experts reports that an intelligence officer of the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the DPRK, named Kim Chol Sok, operated hotels, casinos, restaurants and bars in Cambodia as of mid-2020 and worked to expand his business activities in tourism as well as in other business sectors, such as the mining of precious metals. Through his illicit activity in Cambodia, he is generating foreign currency whilst working for the Reconnaissance General Bureau. The Reconnaissance General Bureau of the DPRK is under UN sanctions since UNSCR 2270 (2016) of 2 March 2016. Kim Chol Sok is directly involved in violating UNSC resolutions and providing funds for the DPRK’s illicit programmes.

83.

RIM Yong Hyok

a.k.a. Abu Rim

DOB: 4.3.1972

POB: DPRK

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

Deputy Representative for the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) in Syria

Rim Yong Hyok is the Deputy Representative for the UN-sanctioned Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) in Syria, which is the primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons from the DPRK. According to the United Nations Security Council Report on the Korea Mining and Development Trading Company (KOMID) and its subsidiary proxy cells, DPRK state-owned enterprises have been known to play a major role in the DPRK’s arms sales in global conflicts. Rim Yong Hyok has been promoting and supplying DPRK-made weapons and ammunition in Syria, including to Russian nationals, prompting his designation under US sanctions. He is directly involved in the DPRK’s illicit programmes.

84.

KIM Kyong Nam

DOB: 11.07.1976

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Representative in Khabarovsk, Russian Federation

The UN Panel of Experts has received information from multiple UN Member States on Kim Kyong Nam being a representative of the Foreign Trade Bank (FTB), the DPRK’s primary foreign exchange bank. FTB was sanctioned by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1718 (2006) on 26 July 2022. In his position, Kim Kyong Nam is directly involved in providing support for the DPRK’s illicit programmes.

85.

AN Se-Ho

DOB: 15.6.1976

Passport: 572110043

Nationality: DPRK

Gender: male

Intermediary for the construction project of an ammunition factory in Mali

An Se-Ho is a DPRK diplomat who was formerly the First Secretary at the Embassy of the DPRK in Conakry (Guinea). The embassy closed in December 2023. He was the main coordinator for the construction of an ammunition factory in Mali. In 2022, he met the Malian Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Abdoulaye Maïga. In November 2022, he also met senior officials of the Malian junta to discuss the construction of the factory in Dialakorobougou, near Bamako.

86.

Oleg Nikolaevich KOZHEMYAKO

DOB: 17.3.1962

POB: Chernigovka, Russian Federation

Passport: 572110043

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Governor, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation

In his capacity as governor of the Primorsky Krai region of the Russian Federation, Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako played an instrumental role in the September 2023 official visit of Kim Jong Un to the Russian Federation. During that visit, Mr. Kozhemyako presented weaponry and uniforms to Kim Jong Un as gifts for him to take back to the DPRK, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Such material will then be used by the DPRK armed forces and reengineered, constituting an indirect transfer of technology to the DPRK. He is thus assisting in the evasion of UN sanctions.

 

NAME

ANGABEN ZUR IDENTITÄT

BEGRÜNDUNG

19.

Hapjanggang Trading Corporation

 

The UN Panel of Experts reports that the "Hapjanggang Trading Corporation" is a subordinate to the Ministry of Rocket Industry of the DPRK. The Ministry of Rocket Industry is an agency of the Munitions Industry Department, which is responsible for the development of nuclear and missile technology. As such, the entity is directly involved in the DPRK’s illicit programmes.

20.

Korea Namgang Trading Corporation (NTC)

a.k.a. Korea Namgang Trading Company

Pyongyang, DPRK

The Korea Namgang Trading Corporation is responsible for the expatriation of workers from the DPRK including expatriation to generate revenue for the DPRK government or the Workers’ Party of Korea. The Namgang Trading Corporation is involved in the logistics cycle of expatriating workers and handles DPRK personnel’s visas, passports and departures for overseas employment. Its personnel then remit funds back to the DPRK, some of which are routed directly back to the DPRK government. The DPRK’s continued expatriation of DPRK nationals as illicit labourers is part of an ongoing effort to undermine and evade UNSCR 2375 (2017) and UNSCR 2397(2017).

21.

Eastern Stevedoring Company (a.k.a. Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC)

Address: 14a, ul. Vnutriportovaya. Vrangel-1 692941 Nakhodka, Russian Federation

The Eastern Stevedoring Company, also known as the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company, operates the terminals at the main container port of the Russian Far-East in Vostochny Port. It is through this port in the Russian Federation that thousands of containers of DPRK weapons and ammunition have been transferred to the Russian armed forces before being transported to near the front line in Ukraine. As operator of Vostochny Port, the Eastern Stevedoring Company has been involved in arms transfers from the DPRK to the Russian Federation, in violation of UNSCR 1718 (2006) and UNSCR 1874 (2009).