Korea, North

Beijing, China

Ra Ky'ong-Su, the Tanchon Commerical Bank (TCB) Representative to Beijing and Kim Kwang-Il, the TCB Deputy Representative to Beijing, were designated today for facilitating activity on behalf of TCB.  TCB was designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 in October 2009 because it acts as the financial arm of Korea's Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID), Pyongyang's premier arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons, which itself was listed in the annex to E.O. 13382 on June 28, 2005 for its role in North Korea's proliferation of WMD.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1828

2013-01-24

US

Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544

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Non-Proliferation

Blocking Property

On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters” (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005)

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