Korea, North

1955-05-08

Burma

472310082, Passport

Kim Sok Chol, the North Korean Ambassador to Burma, operates as a KOMID facilitator and was designated for his official status as a North Korean Government official.  He is paid by KOMID for his assistance and arranges meetings on behalf of KOMID, including a meeting between KOMID and Burmese defense-related persons to discuss financial matters.  Kim Kwang Hyok, a KOMID official in Burma who works with Kim Sok Chol and Ri Chong Chol, a KOMID official in Pyongyang, were designated for acting for or on behalf of KOMID.  Egypt-based Hwang Su Man was designated for materially assisting and providing support to, and acting for or on behalf of, KOMID.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0269

2015-11-13

US

Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015 Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To North Korea

OFAC country specific / UN

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

• 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 a U.S. person, of any goods, services, or technology to North Korea. E.O. 13810 (“Imposing Additional Sanctions with Respect to North Korea”) does not modify any of those prohibitions.

On January 2, 2015, the President issued E.O. 13687 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA and the NEA, to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551. E.O. 13687 provides for the blocking of property and interests in property of certain persons with respect to North Korea.

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