Last Updated: January 19, 2026
PYONGYANG UNIVERSITY OF AUTOMATION
Aliases
UNIVERSITY OF AUTOMATION; MIRIM COLLEGE; MIRIM UNIVERSITY; MILITARY CAMP 144 OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY; KIM IL-SUNG UNIVERSITY AUTOMATION UNIVERSITY; KIM IL SUNG MILITARY UNIVERSITY; COMMAND AUTOMATION COLLEGE OF THE CHOSUN PEOPLE'S ARMY; KIM IL MILITARY UNIVERSITY; KIM IL POLITICAL MILITARY UNIVERSITY; NO. 144 MILITARY CAMP OF THE CHOSUN PEOPLE'...
Address
Pyongyang, Korea, North
Official reason
Pyongyang University of Automation, one of the DPRK’s premier cyber instruction institutions, is responsible for training malicious cyber actors, many of whom go on to work in cyber units subordinate to the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB)—the DPRK’s primary intelligence bureau and main entity responsible for the country’s malicious cyber activi...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1498
Date of listing
2023-05-23
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015 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
On January 2, 2015, the President issued E.O. 13687 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA and the NEA, to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551. E.O. 13687 provides for the blocking of property and interests in property of certain persons with respect to North Korea.
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