Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1603 of 31 May 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — Full Text

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Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 are amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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ANNEX Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 is amended as follows: (1) Annex II is amended as follows: (a) under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them’, under the subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added: Name Alias Identifying information Date of designation Statement of Reasons ‘37. SONG Rim 송림 Naya Liu DOB: 25.2.1991 Nationality: DPRK Gender: male 31.5.2024 The UN Panel of Experts reports that Song Rim is a worker for the “Biryugang Overseas Technology Cooperation Company” (“Head of IT Development Department”), which is directly linked to the “Hapjanggang Trading Corporation”, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Rocket Industry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A DPRK IT worker, Song Rim was identified in an apparent promotional video for a voice phishing hacking application, as highlighted by the Panel of Experts in its 2022 midterm report. The individual is therefore directly involved in providing support for the DPRK’s illicit programmes. 38. KIM Chol Sok Sok Kha; Lee Un-Kang; Chang Sok-kha; Kang Hyok; Li Yun-chiang; Steven Lee DOB: 1.1.1970 Nationality: DPRK Gender: male Passport: D0004492 (Cambodian diplomatic passport, currently invalid) 31.5.2024 The UN Panel of Experts reports that an intelligence officer of the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the DPRK, named Kim Chol Sok, operated hotels, casinos, restaurants and bars in Cambodia as of mid-2020 and worked to expand his business activities in tourism as well as in other business sectors, such as the mining of precious metals. Through his illicit activity in Cambodia, he is generating foreign currency whilst working for the Reconnaissance General Bureau. The Reconnaissance General Bureau of the DPRK is under UN sanctions since UNSCR 2270 (2016) of 2 March 2016. Kim Chol Sok is directly involved in violating UNSC resolutions and providing funds for the DPRK’s illicit programmes. 39. RIM Yong Hyok Abu Rim DOB: 4.3.1972 POB: DPRK Nationality: DPRK Gender: male Deputy Representative for the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) in Syria 31.5.2024 Rim Yong Hyok is the Deputy Representative for the UN-sanctioned Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) in Syria, which is the primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons from the DPRK. According to the United Nations Security Council Report on the Korea Mining and Development Trading Company (KOMID) and its subsidiary proxy cells, DPRK state-owned enterprises have been known to play a major role in the DPRK’s arms sales in global conflicts. Rim Yong Hyok has been promoting and supplying DPRK-made weapons and ammunition in Syria, including to Russian nationals, prompting his designation under US sanctions. He is directly involved in the DPRK’s illicit programmes.’; (b) under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them’, under the subheading ‘B. Entities’, the following entry is added: Name Alias Location Date of designation Other information ‘7. Hapjanggang Trading Corporation 합장강무역회사 31.5.2024 The UN Panel of Experts reports that the “Hapjanggang Trading Corporation” is a subordinate to the Ministry of Rocket Industry of the DPRK. The Ministry of Rocket Industry is an agency of the Munitions Industry Department, which is responsible for the development of nuclear and missile technology. As such, the entity is directly involved in the DPRK’s illicit programmes.’; (c) under the heading ‘II. Persons and entities providing financial services or the transfer of assets or resources that could contribute to the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes’, under the subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entry is added: Name Alias Identifying information Date of designation Statement of Reasons ‘7. KIM Kyong Nam 김경남 DOB: 11.07.1976 Nationality: DPRK Gender: male Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Representative in Khabarovsk, Russian Federation 31.5.2024 The UN Panel of Experts has received information from multiple UN Member States on Kim Kyong Nam being a representative of the Foreign Trade Bank (FTB), the DPRK’s primary foreign exchange bank. FTB was sanctioned by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1718 (2006) on 26 July 2022. In his position, Kim Kyong Nam is directly involved in providing support for the DPRK’s illicit programmes.’; (d) under the heading ‘II. Persons and entities providing financial services or the transfer of assets or resources that could contribute to the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes’, under the subheading ‘B. Entities’, the following entry is added: Name Alias Location Date of designation Other information ‘1. Korea Namgang Trading Corporation (NTC) 조선남강무역회사 Korea Namgang Trading Company Pyongyang, DPRK 31.5.2024 The Korea Namgang Trading Corporation is responsible for the expatriation of workers from the DPRK including expatriation to generate revenue for the DPRK government or the Workers’ Party of Korea. The Namgang Trading Corporation is involved in the logistics cycle of expatriating workers and handles DPRK personnel’s visas, passports and departures for overseas employment. Its personnel then remit funds back to the DPRK, some of which are routed directly back to the DPRK government. The DPRK’s continued expatriation of DPRK nationals as illicit labourers is part of an ongoing effort to undermine and evade UNSCR 2375 (2017) and UNSCR 2397(2017).’; (2) Annex III is amended as follows: (a) under the heading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added: Name Identifying information Date of designation Reasons ‘32. AN Se-Ho 안세호 DOB: 15.6.1976 Passport: 572110043 Nationality: DPRK Gender: male Intermediary for the construction project of an ammunition factory in Mali 31.5.2024 An Se-Ho is a DPRK diplomat who was formerly the First Secretary at the Embassy of the DPRK in Conakry (Guinea). The embassy closed in December 2023. He was the main coordinator for the construction of an ammunition factory in Mali. In 2022, he met the Malian Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Abdoulaye Maïga. In November 2022, he also met senior officials of the Malian junta to discuss the construction of the factory in Dialakorobougou, near Bamako. 33. Oleg Nikolaevich KOZHEMYAKO Олег Николаевич КОЖЕМЯКО DOB: 17.3.1962 POB: Chernigovka, (Russian: Черниговка), Russian Federation Passport: 572110043 Nationality: Russian Gender: male Governor, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation 31.5.2024 In his capacity as governor of the Primorsky Krai region of the Russian Federation, Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako played an instrumental role in the September 2023 official visit of Kim Jong Un to the Russian Federation. During that visit, Mr. Kozhemyako presented weaponry and uniforms to Kim Jong Un as gifts for him to take back to the DPRK, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Such material will then be used by the DPRK armed forces and reengineered, constituting an indirect transfer of technology to the DPRK. He is thus assisting in the evasion of UN sanctions.’; (b) under the heading ‘B. Entities’, the following entry is added: Name (and possible aliases) Identifying information Date of designation Reasons ‘10. Eastern Stevedoring Company (a.k.a. Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC) OOO “Восточная Стивидорная Компания” Address: 14a, ul. Vnutriportovaya. Vrangel-1 692941 Nakhodka, Russian Federation 31.5.2024 The Eastern Stevedoring Company, also known as the Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company, operates the terminals at the main container port of the Russian Far-East in Vostochny Port. It is through this port in the Russian Federation that thousands of containers of DPRK weapons and ammunition have been transferred to the Russian armed forces before being transported to near the front line in Ukraine. As operator of Vostochny Port, the Eastern Stevedoring Company has been involved in arms transfers from the DPRK to the Russian Federation, in violation of UNSCR 1718 (2006) and UNSCR 1874 (2009).’.

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