Last Updated: October 16, 2026
Last Updated: October 16, 2026
Choe Chun-Sik
Aliases
Choe Chun Sik
Ch’oe Ch’un Sik
Nationality
DPR Korea
Date of birth
1954-10-12
Address
DPR Korea
Other sanctions regimes
UN
Official reason
Former Director of the Second Academy of Natural Sciences (SANS) Former head of the DPRK’s long-range missile program
Sender
CH
Additional info
article 2 paragraph 1 (Travel ban) and article 9 paragraph 1 (Financial sanctions), annexe 1
Other Information
Choe Chun-sik was the director of the Second Academy of Natural Sciences (SANS) and was the head of the DPRK’s long-range missile program.
Date of listing
2016-03-04
Program information
Authority
CH
Program
Ordinance of 18 May 2016 on measures against North Korea (SR 946.231.127.6)
Regime
UN, Switzerland country specific
Target State
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Measures
Asset freeze, Travel ban, Transport restrictions
Official Information
Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 18 May 2016 on measures against North Korea (SR 946.231.127.6). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council.
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