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CHONSURIM TRADING CORPORATION

Aliases

KOREA CHONSURIM TRADING CORPORATION

Address

Pyongyang, Korea, North

Official reason

Since at least 2021, Department 53 front company Chonsurim Trading Corporation (Chonsurim) has also directed an additional group of DPRK IT workers in Laos to use falsified identification credentials to undertake software development and other IT work for companies around the world. Chonsurim is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13722 for having en...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2790

Date of listing

2025-01-16

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...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7686/download?inline