Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Zhiyong YAN
Nationality
China
DoB
1980-02-15
Address
Beijing, China
Reg. ID
370827198002151333, National ID No.
Official reason
Yan Zhiyong is a logistics manager with Air Koryo and facilitates the transportation of goods to the DPRK. Specifically, Yan Zhiyong transported goods from China to the DPRK on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), the DPRK’s principal intelligence agency. The RGB, which is also involved in the DPRK’s arms trade, was designated on Janu...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1087
Date of listing
2022-11-08
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016 Blocking Property of the Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea, and Prohibiting Certain Transactions 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
On March 15, 2016, the President issued E.O. 13722 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA, the NEA, the UNPA, and the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. § 9201 et seq.) (the NKSPEA), to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551, in light of further North Korean...
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