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SECOND ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU

Aliases

KOREA KURYONGGANG TRADING CORPORATION; RYUNGSONG TRADING CORPORATION; RYUNGSENG TRADING CORPORATION; RYUNG SENG TRADING CORPORATION; KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION; KOREA KUWOLSAN TRADING CORPORATION; KOREA RYENHAP 2 TRADING CORPORATION

Address

Pyongyang, Korea, North

Official reason

Second Academy of Natural Sciences Foreign Affairs Bureau (SANS FAB) is a procurement entity supporting the DPRK’s defense research and design programs as well as the U.S.-designated Munitions Industry Department (MID). PRC- and Russia-based SANS FAB representatives, working together with Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)-based SANS FAB...

Other Information

https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-sanctions-on-entity-and-individuals-providing-procurement-support-to-the-dprks-unlawful-ballistic-missile-program/

Date of listing

2024-12-16

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544

Regime

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Target State

Non-Proliferation

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters” (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005)

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/16/2022-03361/weapons-of-mass-destruction-proliferators-sanctions-regulations