Last Updated: January 19, 2026

KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION

Aliases

NORTH KOREAN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION; KOMID; CHANGGWANG SINYONG CORPORATION; EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORPORATION; KOREA KUMRYONG TRADING COMPANY; DPRKN MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING COOPERATION; KOREAN MINING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Address

Central District, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Beijing, China; Moscow, Russia; Tehran, Iran; Damascus, Syria

Official reason

Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID): KOMID is North Korea’s primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. KOMID, a North Korean state-owned entity, was previously listed in the annex to E.O. 13382 on July 1, 2005 for its role in North Korea’s proliferation of w...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl9733

Date of listing

2005-06-29

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