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Korea National Insurance Company (KNIC) GmbH.

(alias Korea Foreign Insurance Company)

Rahlstedter Straße 83 a, 22149 Hamburg

KNIC GmbH, as a subsidiary controlled by KNIC headquarters in Pyongyang (Address: Haebangsan-dong, Central District, Pyongyang, DPRK), a government entity, is generating substantial foreign exchange revenue which is used to support the regime in North Korea. Those resources could contribute to the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.

Furthermore, the KNIC headquarters Pyongyang is linked to Office 39 of The Korean Workers' Party, a designated entity.