Annex XV · Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509

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(a) Natural persons designated in accordance with point (a) of Article 34(4)2 changes
(b) Legal persons, entities and bodies designated in accordance with point (a) of Article 34(4)1 change
(c) Natural persons designated in accordance with point (b) of Article 34(4)1 change
(d) Legal persons, entities and bodies designated in accordance with point (b) of Article 34(4)2 changes
(e) Natural persons designated in accordance with point (c) of Article 34(4)1 change
(f) Legal persons, entities and bodies designated in accordance with point (c) of Article 34(4)2 changes

(a) Natural persons designated in accordance with point (a) of Article 34(4)

	Name (and possible aliases)	Alias	Identifying information	Date of designation	Reasons
1.	CHON Chi Bu전지부	CHON Chi-bu	Gender: male	22.12.2009	Member of the General Bureau of Atomic Energy, former technical director of Yongbyon. Photographs connected him to nuclear reactor in Syria before it was bombed by Israel in 2007.
2.	HYON Chol-hae(alias HYON Chol Hae)		DOB: 13.8.1934POB: Manchuria, ChinaGender: male	22.12.2009	Korean People’s Army Marshal since April 2016. Former Deputy Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, former Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the Korean People’s Army (military adviser to late Kim Jong-Il). Elected Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee member in May 2016 at 7th Congress of Workers’ Party of Korea where WPK adopted a decision to continue the DPRK’s nuclear programme.
3.	O Kuk-Ryol오극렬	O Kuk Ryol	DOB: 7.1.1930POB: Jilin Province, China.Gender: male	22.12.2009	Korean People’s Army General, former deputy Chairman of the National Defence Commission, which was a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK, responsible for supervising the acquisition from other countries of advanced technology for nuclear and ballistic programmes. Former Member of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Central Committee.
4.	PAK Jae-gyong박재경	PAK Chae-KyongPAK Jae Gyong	DOB: 10.6.1933Passport number: 554410661Gender: male	22.12.2009	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.
5.	RYOM Yong렴영		Gender: male	22.12.2009	Director of the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the United Nations), in charge of international relations.
6.	SO Sang-kuk서상국	SO Sang Kuk	DOB: 30.11.1938Gender: male	22.12.2009	Head of the Department of Nuclear Physics, Kim Il Sung University.
7.	KIM Yong Chol김영철	KIM Yong-Chol; KIM Young-Chol; KIM Young-Cheol; KIM Young-Chul	DOB: 1946POB: Pyongan-Pukto, DPRKGender: male	19.12.2011	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.
8.	CHOE Kyong-song최경성	CHOE Kyong song	DOB: 1945Gender: male	20.5.2016	Colonel General in the Korean People’s Army. Former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
9.	CHOE Yong-ho최용호	CHOE Yong Ho	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Colonel General in the Korean People’s Army/Korean People’s Army Air Force General. Former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Commander of Korean People’s Army Air Force and Anti-aircraft force. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
10.	HONG Sung-Mu홍승무	HONG Sung Mu	DOB: 1.1.1942Gender: male	20.5.2016	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.He 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. He was 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, and in September 2024, he was photographed with Kim Jong Un inspecting a DPRK uranium enrichment facility.
11.	JO Kyongchol조경철	JO Kyong Chol	Gender: male	20.5.2016	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, he is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Re-elected to Party Central Committee in January 2021. Accompanied Kim Jong Un to large-scale artillery drills in March 2024.
12.	KIM Chun-sam김춘삼	KIM Chun Sam	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Lieutenant General, former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Former Director of the Operations Department of the Military Headquarters of the Korean People’s Army and first vice chief of the Military Headquarters. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
13.	KIM Chun-sop김춘섭	KIM Chun Sop	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Former 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. Former member of the National Defence Commission, which was a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Present at a photo session for those who contributed to successful SLBM test in May 2015.
14.	KIM Jong-gak(alias KIM Jong Gak)		DOB: 20.7.1941POB: Pyongyang, DPRKGender: male	20.5.2016	Former Director of the General Political Department of the Korean’s People’s Army. Vice Marshal in the Korean People’s Army, rector of the Military University of Kim Il-Sung, former Minister of the People’s Armed Forces and former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
15.	KIM Rak Kyom	KIM Rak-gyom; KIM Rak Gyom	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Four Star General, former Commander of the Strategic Rocket Force, an entity designated by the United Nations, which comprises four strategic and tactical missile units, including the KN-08 (ICBM) brigade. Former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Media reports identified KIM as attending the April 2016 ICBM engine test with KIM Jong Un. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Ordered ballistic rocket firing drill.
16.	KIM Won-hong김원홍	KIM Won Hong	DOB: 7.1.1945POB: Pyongyang, DPRKPassport number: 745310010Gender: male	20.5.2016	General of the Korean People’s Army. Former First Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the Korean People’s Army. Former Director of the State Security Department. Former Minister of State Security. Former Member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea and National Defence Commission, which was a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
17.	PAK Jong-chon박정천	PAK Jong Chon	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, 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. Pak accompanied Kim Jong Un on a visit to Russia in September 2023 along with other high-level military commanders and arms industry officials.
18.	LI Yong-ju리용주	RI Yong Ju	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Admiral of the Korean People’s Army. Former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Former Commander in chief of the Korean People’s Navy, which is involved in the development of ballistic-missile programmes and in the development of the nuclear capacities of the DPRK naval forces. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
19.	SON Chol-ju손철주	SON Chol Ju	Gender: male	20.5.2016	Colonel General of the Korean People’s Army. Vice Director, Guidance Bureau of the Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau and former Political Director of the Air and Anti-Air Forces, which oversee the development of modernised anti-aircraft rockets. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Son was listed as participating in a meeting of the Central Military Commission in May 2020 as Deputy Director responsible for the organisation of the Korean People’s Army.
20.	YUN Jong-rin윤정린	YUN Jong Rin	Gender: male	20.5.2016	General of the Korean People’s Army, former commander of the Supreme Guard Command. Former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea and member of the National Defence Commission, which was a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
21.	HONG Yong Chil홍영칠		Gender: male	20.5.2016	Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department (MID). The MID – designated by the UNSC 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 R&D programmes. The Second Economic Committee and the Second Academy of Natural Sciences – also designated in August 2010 – are subordinate to the MID. He is vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Hong accompanied Kim Jong Un in 2023 and 2024 to a site linked to the DPRK munitions industry. Hong was described in 2019 as one of the leading officials in the field of national defence science. He accompanied Kim Jong Un during the firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon, and during the inspection of a new type of submarine under construction.He was one of the scientists congratulated by Kim Jong Un in 2017 for the launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and observed earlier engine tests and other ballistic launches. In 2016, he accompanied Kim Jong Un to a meeting with scientists in which research to mount nuclear warheads on tactical and strategic missiles was discussed. He may have played a significant role in the DPRK’s nuclear test on 6 January 2016. As such, he is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
22.	RI Hak Chol리학철	RI Hak Chul; RI Hak Cheol	DOB: 19.1.1963 or 8.5.1966Passport numbers: 381320634,PS- 563410163Gender: male	20.5.2016	President of Green Pine Associated Corporation (‘Green Pine’). According to the UN Sanctions Committee in 2012, Green Pine had taken over many of the activities of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID). KOMID was designated by the Committee in April 2009 and is the DPRK’s primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. Green Pine was also seen as responsible for approximately half of the arms and related materiel exported by the DPRK. Green Pine was identified for sanctions for exporting arms or related materiel from the DPRK. Green Pine specialises in the production of maritime military craft and armaments, such as submarines, military boats and missile systems, and has exported torpedoes and technical assistance to Iranian defence-related firms. Green Pine has been designated by the UNSC.
23.	YUN Chang Hyok윤창혁		DOB: 9.8.1965Gender: male	20.5.2016	Deputy Director of the Satellite Control Centre, National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA), which Kim Jong Un visited prior to the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on 24 March 2022. NATA is subject to sanctions under UNSCR 2270 (2016) for involvement in the DPRK’s development of space science and technology, including satellite launches and carrier rockets. UNSCR 2270 (2016) condemned the DPRK’s satellite launch of 7 February 2016 for using ballistic missile technology and being in serious violation of Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013) and 2094 (2013). As such, he is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. On 23 November 2023, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on behalf of the European Union, condemned the DPRK’s launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology for violating UN Security Council Resolutions.
24.	RI Myong Su리명수		DOB: 1937POB: Myongchon, North Hamgyong, DPRKGender: male	7.4.2017	Vice Marshall of the Korean People’s Army, first vice commander of the Korean People’s Army Supreme Command. Until 2018, member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chief of Staff of the People’s Armed Forces. Chief military representative at a state funeral in May 2022, but described as veteran in an April 2022 parade. Ri Myong Su has been influential in national defence matters including the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Ri is a member of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA).
25.	SO Hong Chan서홍찬		DOB: 30.12.1957POB: Kangwon, DPRKPassport: PD836410105Passport date of expiration: 27.11.2021Gender: male	7.4.2017	Former First Vice-Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, former Director General of the Rear Services Bureau and former member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Re-elected as a Member of the Central Committee in January 2021. In this capacity, So Hong Chan is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
26.	WANG Chang Uk왕창욱		DOB: 29.5.1960Gender: male	7.4.2017	Minister for Industry and Atomic Energy, promoted to full Member of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee in December 2021. In this capacity, Wang Chang Uk is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
27.	JANG Chol장철		DOB: 31.3.1961POB: Pyongyang, DPRKPassport number: 563310042Gender: male	7.4.2017	Member of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission and former president of the State Academy of Sciences, an organisation dedicated to the development of technological and scientific capacities of the DPRK. In this latter capacity, Jang Chol held a strategic position for the development of DPRK nuclear activities. As such, responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.
28.	KIM Su Gil김수길	KIM Su-gil	DOB: 1950Gender: male	21.4.2022	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 since 2023 as Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang City Party Committee and Alternate 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). In February 2024, he led a party delegation to Russia and held several meetings with senior Russian leadership.
29.	JON Il Ho전일호	JON Il-Ho	DOB: 1955 or 1956Nationality: DPRKGender: male	21.4.2022	President of Kim Jong Un University of National Defence since December 2023, an institution that is involved in the development of the DPRK’s illegal weapons programmes. In addition, 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, Jon also 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.
30.	JONG Sung Il정승일	JONG Sung-Il	DOB: 20.3.1961Passport number: 927240105Nationality: DPRKGender: male	21.4.2022	In his capacity as a ‘Senior Party Official’ and ‘leading official in the field of national defence science’ and identified by a UN Member State as a former Vice-Director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Central Committee of Workers’ Party of Korea in 2017, he plays a major role in and is responsible for the development of the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction programmes, in particular ballistic missiles. He was present during the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests on 4 July 2017 and 28 July 2017 and present during ballistic missiles/large Multiple Launch Rocket System launches on 24 August 2019 and 10 September 2019.
31.	YU Jin유진	YU Jin	DOB: 1960Nationality: DPRKGender: male	21.4.2022	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.
31.	KIM Jong Sik		Vice Director, Munitions Industry Department in Military Industry Ministry.	16.10.2017	As Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department, provides support for DPRK's nuclear-related and ballistic missile-related programmes, including being present at nuclear and ballistic missile related events in 2016 and a presentation in March 2016 of what the DPRK claimed to be a miniaturised nuclear device.
30.	RI Pyong Chol		DOB: 1948First Vice Director, Munitions Industry Department	16.10.2017	As First Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department, holds a pivotal position within the DPRK's ballistic missile programme. Present at most ballistic missile tests and provides briefings to Kim Jong Un, including the nuclear test and ceremony in January 2016.
32.	KIM Kwang Yon 김광연		DOB: 30.7.1966Nationality: DPRKGender: malePassport number: 563210059 (expired 2018); 654410104 (expired 2019)	12.12.2022	In his capacity as a representative for Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) in Southern Africa, KIM Kwang Yon takes part in activities for an entity designated on 24 April 2009 by the Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1718 (2006) as being engaged in or providing support for DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. 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.
33.	KIM Su Il김수일		DOB: 4.3.1985Nationality: DPRKGender: malePassport number: 108220348; 745220480Address: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	12.12.2022	Since 2016, KIM Su Il has been an agent in Viet Nam for the Munitions Industry Department, performing economic, trading, mining and shipping activities associated with the Department’s business activities to earn foreign currency for the DPRK. He is involved in the export of DPRK products such as anthracite and titanium concentrate. He also earned foreign currency by importing and exporting raw materials to and from the DPRK and exporting Vietnamese goods to China and other countries. He is therefore responsible for financial activities supporting the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes.
34.	PAK Kwang Hun 박광훈	BAK Gwang Hun	DOB: 1970Nationality: DPRKGender: male	12.12.2022	In his capacity as a representative for Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (Ryonbong), PAK Kwang Hun takes part in activities for an entity designated on 24 April 2009 by the Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1718 (2006) as being engaged in or providing support for DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. 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.
35.	KIM Ho Kyu 김호규	KIM Ho Gyu	DOB: 15.9.1970Nationality: DPRKGender: maleAddress: DPRK Consulate General in Nakhodka, Russian FederationFunction or profession: Representative for Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (Ryonbong)Deputy Consul at DPRK Consulate General in Nakhodka, Russian Federation	12.12.2022	In his capacity as a representative for Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (Ryonbong), KIM Ho Kyu takes part in activities for an entity designated on 24 April 2009 by the Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1718 (2006) as being engaged in or providing support for DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. 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.
36.	JONG Yong Nam정영남		DOB: 26.1.1966Nationality: DPRKGender: malePassport number: PS 927120050Address: Minsk, BelarusFunction or profession: Representative in Minsk of the Second Academy of Natural Sciences of the DPRK	12.12.2022	In his capacity as a representative in Minsk, Belarus, of an organisation with direct links to the Second Academy of Natural Sciences in the DPRK, JONG Yong Nam takes part in activities for a sanctioned entity set out in UNSCR 2094 (2013). This entity is known for its proliferation activities benefitting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. 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.
37.	SONG Rim송림	Naya Liu	DOB: 25.2.1991Nationality: DPRKGender: male	31.5.2024	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.
38.	KIM Chol Sok	Sok Kha; Lee Un-Kang; Chang Sok-kha; Kang Hyok; Li Yun-chiang; Steven Lee	DOB: 1.1.1970Nationality: DPRKGender: malePassport: D0004492 (Cambodian diplomatic passport, currently invalid)	31.5.2024	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.
39.	RIM Yong Hyok	Abu Rim	DOB: 4.3.1972POB: DPRKNationality: DPRKGender: maleDeputy Representative for the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) in Syria	31.5.2024	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.
40.	RI Song Jin리성진	RI Song-jin;RI Seong Jin	POB: DPRKNationality: DPRKGender: maleFunction or profession: Researcher at the DPRK National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA); official at the DPRK Missile General BureauAssociated entities:DPRK National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA)DPRK Missile General Bureau	12.10.2026	In his capacity as a researcher at the DPRK National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA), an entity listed by the UN for involvement in the DPRK’s development of space science and technology, including satellite launches and carrier rockets, and as an official at the DPRK Missile General Bureau, Ri Song Jin accompanied Kim Jong Un in December 2023 during an inspection of a factory known to produce short-range ballistic missiles. Ri Song Jin has also been observed to be stationed in Russia close to the frontline with Ukraine, wearing a Russian military uniform alongside a Russian soldier. Ri Song Jin has been deployed to the area as a technician supporting Russia’s use of DPRK missiles in the context of the growing military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.As such, Ri Song Jin is responsible for, including through supporting or promoting, the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes and is working at the direction of an entity designated by the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1718 (2006) as responsible for, including through supporting or promoting, the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.