Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Un Hyok CHOE
Aliases
U'n-hyo'k CH'OE
Nationality
Korea, North
DoB
1985-10-19
Address
Moscow, Russia
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 13722 of March 15, 2016 Blocking Property of the Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea, and Prohibiting Certain Transactions 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 March 15, 2016, the President issued E.O. 13722 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA, the NEA, the UNPA, and the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. § 9201 et seq.) (the NKSPEA), to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551, in light of further North Korean...
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