Last Updated: January 15, 2025
Il-Ho JON
Aliases
Il Ho JON; 전일호; Il-ho JON
Position
President of Kim Jong Un University of National Defence since December 2023. Chair of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK) Committee of the Academy for Defence Research and a member of the Central Committee of the WPK. Director of the Research Institute of Automation and Institute Director of Kim Chaek University of Technology, and Vice Director of ...
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202403152
Official reason
In his capacity as a ‘leading official in the field of national defence science’, he plays a major role in and is responsible for the development of the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction programmes. Promoted to Colonel General in August 2019, recipient of the February 16 Science and Technology Prize, Director of the Research Institute of Automatio...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-04-21)
Date of listing
2024-12-16
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in relation to the non-proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction
Regime
UN, EU country specific
Target State
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in Annex I, II and III of Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849. Member States shall also expel: (1) DPRK nationals who they dete...
Official Information
The ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile-related activities of the DPRK represent a serious threat to international peace and security. These activities undermine the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime of which the EU has been a steadfast supporter for decades. In this context, the EU has implemented the restrictive measures imposed b...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02016D0849-20230404