Il-U CHO

Korea, North

Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau

1945-05-10

Musan, North Hamgyo'ng Province, North Korea

Korea, North

736410010, Passport

Executive

OFAC also designated seven individuals – Cho Yon Chun, Kim Kyong Ok, Kim Ki Nam, Ri Jae Il, Choe Chang Pong, Cho Il U, and O Chong Kuk, pursuant to E.O. 13687, for being officials of the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea. Cho Il U is the Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).  The RGB previously was designated pursuant to E.O. 13687 for being a controlled entity of the Government of North Korea and listed in the Annex of E.O. 13551.  It has been reported that Cho is in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for North Korea.  It has also been reported that he supported the arrest of North Korean defectors by monitoring and collecting information on their hideouts in China.  Cho also reportedly reinforced organizations and personnel in charge of conducting operations to harm anti-North Korean defectors.

US

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0506

2016-07-06

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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