North Korea Designations

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release informing about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added two individuals and three entities to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) pursuant to existing sanction regulations, namely Executive Order 13810. The parties are sanctioned due to them being entities and persons of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and thus generating income for the country. OFAC has also issued a corresponding press statement in this context to further describe its reasoning for the designation. The affected persons and entities of this sanction measure are the following:
##### Persons
HWANG, Kil Su (Korean: 황길수), Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 09 Dec 1973; POB Pyongyang, North Korea; nationality Korea, North; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214 (individual) [DPRK4].
PAK, Hwa Song (Korean: 박화성), 1041 avenue Ulindi, Quartier Golf, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 13 Oct 1962; POB Pyongyang, North Korea; nationality Korea, North; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214 (individual) [DPRK4].
##### Enities
CHILSONG TRADING CORPORATION (a.k.a. CH’I’LSO’NG TRADING; a.k.a. CHILSONG TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. CHILSONG TRADING CORP.; a.k.a. CHILSUNG TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. KOREA CHILSONG TRADING CORPORATION), Pyongyang, Korea, North; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Target Type Government Entity [DPRK2].
CONGO ACONDE SARL, 1041 avenue Ulindi, Quartier Golf, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Organization Established Date 26 Feb 2018; Commercial Registry Number CD/LSH/RCCM/18-B-00029 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) [DPRK4] (Linked To: PAK, Hwa Song).
KOREA PAEKHO TRADING CORPORATION (a.k.a. JOSON PAEKHO MUYOK HOESA; a.k.a. KOREA PAEKHO TRADING CORPORATION, LTD.; a.k.a. PAEKHO ARTS TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. PAEKHO CONSTRUCTION SARL; a.k.a. PAEKHO FINE ART CORPORATION; a.k.a. PAEKHO TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. WHITE TIGER TRADING COMPANY; a.k.a. „DEPARTMENT 30“; a.k.a. „KPTC“), Chongryu 3-dong, Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, Korea, North; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Target Type Government Entity [DPRK2].