Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Un Jong CHOE

Aliases

Unjong CHOE; U'n-cho'ng CH'OE

Nationality

Korea, North

DoB

1978-05-10

Address

Beijing, China

Reg. ID

108410051, Passport

Official reason

Choe Chol Min’s wife, Choe Un Jong, is a Beijing-based North Korean national and is officially assigned to the DPRK Embassy in the PRC. Choe Un Jong has previously accompanied her husband, Choe Chol Min, on official travel related to his work with the DPRK’s primary weapons trading entity. On at least one occasion, Choe Un Jong helped coordinate an...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1539

Date of listing

2023-06-15

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13810 of September 20, 2017 Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect to North Korea

Regime

OFAC country specific / UN

Target State

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1556 460. Can U.S. persons do business with entities in North Korea? No. Unless authorized pursuant to a general or specific license from OFAC and/or BIS, Executive Order (E.O.) 13722 prohibits new investment in North Korea by a U.S. person and the exportation or reexportation, from the United States, or by...

Official Information

The United States imposed a near total economic embargo on the DPRK in 1950 after the DPRK attacked the South, sparking the Korean war. Over the following years, some U.S. sanctions were eased, but others were imposed. Executive Order 13810 was issued on September 21, 2017, in the wake of the DPRK’s September 2017 nuclear test and multiple intercon...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7676/download?inline