O Kuk-Ryol

https://www.state.gov/key-topics-bureau-of-international-security-and-nonproliferation/nonproliferation-sanctions/

OFAC designated Hwang Pyong So, O Kuk Ryol, Pak Yong Sik, and Ri Yong Mu pursuant to E.O. 13687 for being officials of the Government of North Korea and/or of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Hwang Pyong So is a Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission, a member of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Military Commission, a director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, and a Vice Marshal of the Korean People’s Army. O Kuk Ryol is a Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission, an alternate member of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee Political Bureau, and a General of the Korean People’s Army. O Kuk Ryol was previously designated by the State Department on March 11, 2013, pursuant to E.O. 13382 for ordering the establishment of a nuclear research and development organization directly under his control. Pak Yong Sik is Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, a General of the Korean People’s Army, and a member of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Military Commission. Ri Yong Mu is a Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission, a member of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee Political Bureau, and a Vice Marshal of the Korean People’s Army.

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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0372

2013-03-11

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E.O. 13382

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Non-Proliferation

Other export restrictions

Executive Order 13382, signed by the President on June 29, 2005, is an authority aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters, and isolating them financially. Designations under E.O. 13382 prohibit all transactions between the designees and any U.S. person, and freeze any assets the designees may have under U.S. jurisdiction.

• Executive Order 13382: link