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Last Updated: April 19, 2026

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Last Updated: April 19, 2026

Individual

Pu Ung YU

Aliases

Bu Ung YU

Mr. O

Nationality

Korea, North

DoB

1966-09-16

Address

67 Kap 2-9-1, Sobuk 1 Tonglo, Cho'lso' District, Shenyang, China

Reg. ID

PS927320340, Passport

Official reason

Yu Pu Ung is a linchpin in the DPRK’s illicit financial activities and is skilled at employing various schemes to avoid detection. Yu Pu Ung and Ri Tong Hyok are both China-based representatives of Tanchon Bank. Tanchon Bank is the financial arm of the DPRK’s U.S.- and UN-designated Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) and plays a role in financing KOMID’s sales of ballistic missiles. KOMID is the DPRK’s premiere arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. Yu Pu Ung uses funds from DPRK IT groups to supply WMD-related materials to DPRK munitions organizations. Additionally, Yu Pu Ung has provided funds to a China-based representative of the UN- and U.S.-designated Second Academy of Natural Sciences (SANS). Yu Pu Ung and Ri Tong Hyok are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Tanchon Bank.

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2215

Date of listing

2024-03-27

Program information
Program information
Authority

US

Program

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

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Non-Proliferation

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

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)

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL
  • https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/16/2022-03361/weapons-of-mass-destruction-proliferators-sanctions-regulations

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