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  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1355/2011 of 20 December 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea",
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  "text": "ANNEX V\nList of persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6(2)\nA. Natural persons referred to in Article 6(2)(a):\n#\nName (and possible aliases)\nIdentifying information\nReasons\n1.\nCHANG Song-taek (alias JANG Song-Taek)\nDate of birth:\n2.2.1946 or 6.2.1946 or 23.2.1946 (North Hamgyong province)\nPassport number (as of 2006): PS 736420617\nMember of the National Defence Commission. Director of the Administrative Department of the Korean Workers' Party.\n2.\nCHON Chi Bu\nMember of the General Bureau of Atomic Energy, former technical director of Yongbyon.\n3.\nCHU Kyu-Chang (alias JU Kyu-Chang)\nDate of birth: between 1928 and 1933\nFirst Deputy Director of the Defence Industry Department (ballistics programme), Korean Workers' Party, Member of the National Defence Commission.\n4.\nHYON Chol-hae\nYear of birth: 1934 (Manchuria, China)\nDeputy Director of the General Political Department of the People's Armed Forces (military adviser to Kim Jong-Il).\n5.\nJON Pyong-ho\nYear of birth: 1926\nSecretary of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party, Head of the Central Committee's Military Supplies Industry Department controlling the Second Economic Committee of the Central Committee, member of the National Defence Commission.\n6.\nLieutenant General KIM Yong Chol\n(alias: Kim Yong-Chol; Kim Young-Chol; Kim Young-Cheol; Kim Young-Chul)\nYear of birth: 1946\n(Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea)\nCommander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).\n7.\nKIM Yong-chun (alias Young-chun)\nDate of birth: 4.3.1935\nPassport number: 554410660\nDeputy Chairman of the National Defence Commission, Minister for the People's Armed Forces, special adviser to Kim Jong-Il on nuclear strategy.\n8.\nO Kuk-Ryol\nYear of birth: 1931\n(Jilin Province, China)\nDeputy Chairman of the National Defence Commission, supervising the acquisition abroad of advanced technology for nuclear and ballistic programmes.\n9.\nPAEK Se-bong\nYear of birth: 1946\nChairman of the Second Economic Committee (responsible for the ballistics programme) of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party. Member of the National Defence Commission.\n10.\nPAK Jae-gyong (alias Chae-Kyong)\nYear of birth: 1933\nPassport number: 554410661\nDeputy Director of the General Political Department of the People's Armed Forces and Deputy Director of the Logistics Bureau of the People's Armed Forces (military adviser to Kim Jong-II).\n11.\nPAK To-Chun\nDate of birth: 9.3.1944\n(Jagang, Rangrim)\nMember of the National Security Council. He is in charge of the arms industry and it is reported that he commands the office for nuclear energy. This institution is decisive for DPRK’s nuclear and carrier program.\n12.\nPYON Yong Rip (alias Yong-Nip)\nDate of birth: 20.9.1929\nPassport number: 645310121 (issued on 13.09.2005)\nPresident of the Academy of Science, involved in WMD-related biological research.\n13.\nRYOM Yong\nDirector of the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the United Nations), in charge of international relations.\n14.\nSO Sang-kuk\nDate of birth: between 1932 and 1938\nHead of the Department of Nuclear Physics, Kim Il Sung University.\nB. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6(2)(a):\nName (and possible aliases)\nIdentifying information\nReasons\n1.\nGreen Pine Associated Corporation (alias: Chongsong Yonhap; Ch’o’ngsong Yo’nhap; Saengpil Associated Company; General Precious Metal Complex (GPM); Myong Dae Company; Twin Dragon Trading (TDT))\nc/o Reconnaissance General Bureau Headquarters, Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang / Nungrado, Pyongyang\nCh’o’ngsong Yo’nhap has been identified for sanctions for exporting arms or related material from North Korea. Green Pine specializes in the production of maritime military craft and armaments, such as submarines, military boats and missile systems, and has exported torpedoes and technical assistance to Iranian defence-related firms. Green Pine is responsible for approximately half of the arms and related materiel exported by North Korea and has taken over many of the activities of KOMID after its designation by the UNSC.\n2.\nHesong Trading Corporation\nLocation: Pyongyang\nControlled by Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons.\nHesong Trading Corporation is involved in supplies with potential use in ballistic missile program.\n3.\nKorea Complex Equipment Import Corporation\nLocation: Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang\nControlled by Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence conglomerate specialising in acquisition for DPRK defence industries and support to that country's military-related sales.\n4.\nKorea Heungjin Trading Company\nLocation: Pyongyang\nPyongyang-based entity used by the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) for trading purposes (KOMID was designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009). Korea Heungjin Trading Company is also suspected to have been involved in supplying missile-related goods to Iran’s Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group.\n5.\nKorea International Chemical Joint Venture Company\n(alias Choson International Chemicals Joint Operation Company; Chosun International Chemicals Joint Operation Company; International Chemical Joint Venture Corporation)\nLocation: Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province; Man gyongdae-kuyok, Pyongyang; Mangyungdae-gu, Pyongyang\nControlled by Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence conglomerate specialising in acquisition for DPRK defence industries and support to that country's military-related sales.\n6.\nKorea Kwangsong Trading Corporation\nLocation: Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang\nControlled by Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence conglomerate specialising in acquisition for DPRK defence industries and support to that country's military-related sales.\n7.\nKorea Pugang mining and Machinery Corporation ltd\nSubsidiary of Korea Ryongbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); operates facilities for the production of aluminium powder, which can be used in missiles.\n8.\nKorea Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation\n(alias: Chosun Yunha Machinery Joint Operation Company; Korea Ryenha Machinery J/V Corporation; Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation)\nLocation: Central District, Pyongyang; Mangungdae-gu, Pyongyang; Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang\nControlled by Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence conglomerate specialising in acquisition for DPRK defence industries and support to that country’s military-related sales.\nThe production sites of Korea Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation have been modernized lately and are partly intended for processing materials relevant to nuclear production.\n9.\nKorea Taesong Trading Company\nLocation: Pyongyang\nPyongyang-based entity used by the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) for trading purposes (KOMID was designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009). Korea Taesong Trading Company has acted on behalf of KOMID in dealings with Syria.\n10.\nMunitions Industry Department\n(alias: Military Supplies Industry Department)\nLocation: Pyongyang\nResponsible for overseeing activities of North Korea’s military industries, including the Second Economic Committee (SEC) and KOMID. This includes overseeing the development of North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programmes.\nUntil recently, Munitions Industry Department was headed by Jon Pyong Ho; information suggests that former Munitions Industry Department (MID) first vice director Chu Kyu-ch’ang (Ju Gyu-chang) is the current director of the MID, which is publicly referred to as the Machine Building Industry Department. Chu served as the overall supervisor for North Korea’s missile development, including oversight of the April 5, 2009 Taepo Dong-2 (TD-2) missile launch and the failed July 2006 TD-2 launch.\n11.\nKorean Ryengwang Trading Corporation\nRakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea\nSubsidiary of Korea Ryongbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009).\n12.\nReconnaissance General Bureau (RGB)\n(alias: Chongch’al Ch’ongguk; RGB; KPA Unit 586)\nLocation: Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea; Nungrado, Pyongyang, North Korea\nThe Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) is North Korea’s premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers’ Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People’s Army. It falls under direct command of the Ministry of Defence and is primarily in charge of gathering military intelligence. RGB trades in conventional arms and controls the North Korean conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation (Green Pine).\n13.\nSecond Economic Committee and Second Academy of Natural Sciences\nThe Second Economic Committee is involved in key aspects of North Korea’s missile program. The Second Economic Committee is responsible for overseeing the production of North Korea’s ballistic missiles. It also directs the activities of KOMID (KOMID was designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009). It is a national-level organization responsible for research and development of North Korea’s advanced weapons systems, including missiles and probably nuclear weapons. It uses a number of subordinate organizations to obtain technology, equipment, and information from overseas, including Korea Tangun Trading Corporation, for use in North Korea’s missile and probably nuclear weapons programs.\n14.\nSobaeku United Corp. (alias Sobaeksu United Corp.)\nState-owned company, involved in research into, and the acquisition, of sensitive products and equipment. It possesses several deposits of natural graphite, which provide raw material for two processing facilities, which, inter alia, produce graphite blocks that can be used in missiles.\n15.\nTosong Technology Trading Corporation\nLocation: Pyongyang\nControlled by the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009); primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons.\n16.\nYongbyon Nuclear Research Centre\nResearch centre which has taken part in the production of military-grade plutonium. Centre maintained by the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the United Nations, 16.7.2009).\nC. Natural persons referred to in Article 6(2)(b):\n#\nName (and possible aliases)\nIdentifying information\nReasons\n1.\nJON Il-chun\nDate of birth: 24.8.1941\nIn February of 2010 KIM Tong-un was discharged from his office as director of Office 39, which is, among other things, in charge of purchasing goods out of the DPRK diplomatic representations bypassing sanctions. He was replaced by JON Il-chun. JON Il-chun is also said to be one of the leading figures in the State Development Bank.\n2.\nKIM Tong-un\nFormer director of ‘Office 39’ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, which is involved in proliferation financing.\n3.\nKIM Tong-Myo'ng\n(alias: Kim Chin-so'k)\nYear of birth: 1964\nNationality: North Korean\nKim Tong-Myo'ng acts on behalf of Tanchon Commercial Bank (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009).\nKim Dong Myong has held various positions within Tanchon since at least 2002 and is currently Tanchon's president. He has also played a role in managing Amroggang's affairs (owned or controlled by Tanchon Commercial Bank) using the alias Kim Chin-so'k.\nD. Legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6(2)(b):\n#\nName (and possible aliases)\nIdentifying information\nReasons\n1.\nAmroggang Development Banking Corporation\n(alias: Amroggang Development Bank; Amnokkang Development Bank)\nAddress: Tongan-dong, Pyongyang\nEntity owned or controlled by Tanchon Commercial Bank (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009).\nEstablished in 2006, Amroggang Development Banking Corporation is managed by officials of the Tanchon Commercial Bank, which plays a role in financing KOMID’s (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009) sales of ballistic missiles and has also been involved in ballistic missile transactions from KOMID to Iran’s Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG).\n2.\nBank of East Land\n(alias: Dongbang Bank; Tongbang U’nhaeng; Tongbang Bank)\nAddress: PO Box 32, BEL Building, Jonseung-Dung, Moranbong District, Pyongyang\nNorth Korean financial institution that facilitates weapons-related transactions for, and other support to, designated arms manufacturer and exporter Green Pine Associated Corporation (Green Pine). Bank of East Land has actively worked with Green Pine to transfer funds in a manner that circumvents sanctions.\nIn 2007 and 2008, Bank of East Land facilitated transactions involving Green Pine and designated Iranian financial institutions, including Bank Melli and Bank Sepah. Bank of East Land has also facilitated financial transactions for the benefit of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau’s (RGB) weapons program.\n3.\nKorea Daesong Bank\n(alias: Choson Taesong Unhaeng; Taesong Bank)\nAddress: Segori-dong, Gyongheung St., Potonggang District, Pyongyang\nPhone: 850 2 381 8221\nPhone: 850 2 18111 ext. 8221\nFax: 850 2 381 4576\nNorth Korean financial institution that is directly subordinated to Office 39 and is involved in facilitating North Korea’s proliferation financing projects.\n4.\nKorea Daesong General Trading Corporation\n(alias: Daesong Trading; Daesong Trading Company; Korea Daesong Trading Company; Korea Daesong Trading Corporation)\nAddress: Pulgan Gori Dong 1, Potonggang District, Pyongyang\nPhone: 850 2 18111 ext. 8204/8208\nPhone: 850 2 381 8208/4188\nFax: 850 2 381 4431/4432\nCompany that is subordinated to Office 39 and is used to facilitate foreign transactions on behalf of Office 39.\nOffice 39’s Director of Office, Kim Tong-un is listed in Annex V of Council Regulation (EU) No 329/2007.\n5.\nKorea Kwangson Banking Corp. (KKBC)\n(alias: Korea Kwangson Banking Corp; KKBC)\nAddress: Jungson-dong, Sungri Street, Central District, Pyongyang\nA subordinate acting on behalf of or at the direction of, owned or controlled by the Korea Ryonbong General Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009).\nProvides financial services in support of both Tanchon Commercial Bank (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009) and Korea Hyoksin Trading Corporation (entity designated by the United Nations, 16.7.2009);\nSince 2008, Tanchon Commercial Bank has been utilizing KKBC to facilitate funds transfers likely amounting to millions of dollars, including transfers involving Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) (entity designated by the United Nations, 24.4.2009) related funds from Burma to China in 2009.\nAdditionally, Hyoksin, which the UN described as being involved in the development of weapons of mass destruction, sought to use KKBC in connection with a purchase of dual-use equipment in 2008. KKBC has at least one overseas branch in Dandong, China.\n6.\nOffice 39 of The Korean Workers’ Party\n(alias: Office #39; Office No. 39; Bureau 39; Central Committee; Third Floor Division 39.)\nAddress: Second KWP Government Building (Korean: Ch’o’ngsa), Chungso’ng, Urban Tower (Korean’Dong), Chung Ward, Pyongyang; Chung-Guyok (Central District), Sosong Street, Kyongrim-Dong, Pyongyang; Changgwang Street, Pyongyang.\nOffice 39 of the Korean Workers’ Party engages in illicit economic activity to support the North Korean government. It has branches throughout the nation that raise and manage funds and is responsible for earning foreign currency for North Korea’s Korean Workers’ Party senior leadership through illicit activities such as narcotics trafficking. Office 39 controls a number of entities inside North Korea and abroad through which it conducts numerous illicit activities including the production, smuggling, and distribution of narcotics. Office 39 has also been involved in the attempted procurement and transfer to North Korea of luxury goods.\nOffice 39 figures among the most important organisations assigned with currency and merchandise acquisition. The entity is said to be directly under the command of KIM Jong-il; it controls several trading companies some of which are active in illicit activites, among them Daesong General Bureau, part of Daesong group, the largest company group of the country. Office 39 according to some sources entertains representation office in Rome, Beijing, Bangkok, Singapore, Hongkong and Dubai. To the outside Office 39 changes name and appearance regularly. The director of Office 39, JON Il-chun is already listed on the EU sanction list.\nOffice 39 produced methamphetamine in Sangwon, South Pyongan Province and was also involved in the distribution of methamphetamine to small-scale North Korean smugglers for distribution through China and South Korea. Office 39 also operates poppy farms in North Hamkyo’ng Province and North Pyongan Province and produces opium and heroin in Hamhu’ng and Nachin.\nIn 2009, Office 39 was involved in the failed attempt to purchase and export to North Korea – through China – two Italian-made luxury yachts worth more than $15 million. Halted by Italian authorities, the attempted export of the yachts destined for Kim Jong-il was in violation of United Nations sanctions against North Korea under UNSCR 1718, which specifically requireMember States to prevent the supply, sale, or transfer of luxury goods to North Korea.\nOffice 39 previously used Banco Delta Asia to launder illicit proceeds. Banco Delta Asia was identified by the Treasury Department in September 2005 as a “primary money laundering concern” under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, because it represented an unacceptable risk of money laundering and other financial crimes.",
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