Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Myong Chol JANG
Aliases
Myo' ng-ch'o' l CHANG
Nationality
Korea, North
DoB
1968-09-09
Address
Shenyang, China; Dandong, China
Official reason
The DPRK continues to use agents and individuals associated with its state-owned entities and banks to access the international financial system to conduct illicit financial activity. They have long-standing networks of front or shell companies and use embassy personnel to move money and procure materiel for the DPRK’s WMD and ballistic missile pro...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1938
Date of listing
2023-11-30
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13810 of September 20, 2017 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
The United States imposed a near total economic embargo on the DPRK in 1950 after the DPRK attacked the South, sparking the Korean war. Over the following years, some U.S. sanctions were eased, but others were imposed. Executive Order 13810 was issued on September 21, 2017, in the wake of the DPRK’s September 2017 nuclear test and multiple intercon...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL