Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
Choe Sok Min
Position
Former overseas Foreign Trade Bank representative
DoB
1978-07-25
Other Information
In 2016, Ch’oe So’k-min was the deputy representative at the Foreign Trade Bank branch office in that overseas location. He has been associated with cash transfers from that overseas Foreign Trade Bank office to banks affiliated with North Korean special organizations and Reconnaissance General Bureau operatives located overseas in an effort to eva...
Date of listing
2017-12-22
Authority
UK
Program
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UN, UK country specific
Target State
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans, Transport sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain sanctions measures relating to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regul...
Additional Details
Licencing, exception and direction provisions are contained in Part 9 of the Regulations.
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