Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/3151 of 16 December 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Date: 2024-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, North Korea, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








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            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/3151
         
of 16 December 2024
         
amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 27 May 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1).












(2)


In accordance with Article 36(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2016/849, the Council has reviewed the lists of designated persons, entities and vessels set out in Annexes II, III, V and VI to that Decision.












(3)


The restrictive measures against the persons and entities in the lists set out in Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 should be maintained. The entries for 21 persons and four entities in those Annexes should be updated.












(4)


In view of the continued ballistic missile-related activities carried out by the DPRK in violation of and with flagrant disregard for the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions, one entity should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849.












(5)


On 17 September 2024, the UNSC Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1718 (2006) updated the information relating to one person in the list set out in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849. The entry for that person should therefore be updated.












(6)


Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annexes I, II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 16 December 2024.


For the Council


The President

K. KALLAS
            





(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 of 27 May 2016 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Decision 2013/183/CFSP (OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79).




ANNEX
Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Annex I, under the heading ‘A. Persons’, entry 77 is replaced by the following:










 


Name


Alias


Identifying information


Date of UN designation


Statement of reasons




‘77.


Ri Pyong Chul


Ri Pyong Chol;
Ri Pyo’ng-ch’o’l


DOB: 1948
Nationality: DPRK
Gender: male
Address: DPRK


22.12.2017


Vice Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Military Commission. Former Secretary of the Worker’s Party and Member of the Political Bureau. Former Alternate Member of the Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party of Korea and First Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department.’;














(2)


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’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, entries 11, 17, 21, 23, 28 and 29 are replaced by the following:










 


Name


Alias


Identifying information


Date of designation


Statement of Reasons




‘11.


JO Kyongchol
조경철


JO Kyong Chol


Gender: male


20.5.2016


General in the Korean People’s Army. Appointed as a Member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea in June 2022, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Director of the Military Security Command. As such, he is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Re-elected to Party Central Committee in January 2021. Accompanied Kim Jong Un to large-scale artillery drills in March 2024.




17.


PAK Jong-chon
박정천


PAK Jong Chon


Gender: male


20.5.2016


Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Worker’s Party of Korea. Member of the State Affairs Commission, Marshal and former Chief of the General Staff. Performed the formal review at the 25 April 2022 military parade, which indicates his role in and responsibility for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. Pak accompanied Kim Jong Un on a visit to Russia in September 2023 along with other high-level military commanders and arms industry officials.




21.


HONG Yong Chil
홍영칠


 


Gender: male


20.5.2016


Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department (MID). The MID – designated by the UNSC on 2 March 2016 – is involved in key aspects of the DPRK’s missile programme. The MID is responsible for overseeing the development of the DPRK’s ballistic missiles, including R&D programmes. The Second Economic Committee and the Second Academy of Natural Sciences – also designated in August 2010 – are subordinate to the MID. He is vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Hong accompanied Kim Jong Un in 2023 and 2024 to a site linked to the DPRK munitions industry. Hong was described in 2019 as one of the leading officials in the field of national defence science. He accompanied Kim Jong Un during the firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon, and during the inspection of a new type of submarine under construction.
He was one of the scientists congratulated by Kim Jong Un in 2017 for the launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and observed earlier engine tests and other ballistic launches. In 2016, he accompanied Kim Jong Un to a meeting with scientists in which research to mount nuclear warheads on tactical and strategic missiles was discussed. He may have played a significant role in the DPRK’s nuclear test on 6 January 2016. As such, he is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.




23.


YUN Chang Hyok
윤창혁


 


DOB: 9.8.1965
Gender: male


20.5.2016


Deputy Director of the Satellite Control Centre, National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA), which Kim Jong Un visited prior to the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on 24 March 2022. NATA is subject to sanctions under UNSCR 2270 (2016) for involvement in the DPRK’s development of space science and technology, including satellite launches and carrier rockets. UNSCR 2270 (2016) condemned the DPRK’s satellite launch of 7 February 2016 for using ballistic missile technology and being in serious violation of Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013) and 2094 (2013). As such, he is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. On 23 November 2023, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on behalf of the European Union, condemned the DPRK’s launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology for violating UN Security Council Resolutions.




28.


KIM Su Gil
김수길


KIM Su-gil


DOB: 1950
Gender: male


21.4.2022


In his capacity as Director of the Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau between 2018 and 2021 and a Member of the State Affairs Commission between 2019 and 2021, and his position since 2023 as Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang City Party Committee and Alternate Member of the Political Bureau, he is responsible for the implementation of the Korean Workers’ Party decisions, related to the development of nuclear and ballistic programmes in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), and 2397 (2017). In February 2024, he led a party delegation to Russia and held several meetings with senior Russian leadership.




29.


JON Il Ho
전일호


JON Il-Ho


DOB: 1955 or 1956
Nationality: DPRK
Gender: male


21.4.2022


President of Kim Jong Un University of National Defence since December 2023, an institution that is involved in the development of the DPRK’s illegal weapons programmes. In addition, in his capacity as Chair of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK) Committee of the Academy for Defence Research and a member of the Central Committee of the WPK, Jon also plays a major role in and is responsible for the development of the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction programmes. Promoted to Colonel General in August 2019, recipient of the February 16 Science and Technology Prize, Director of the Research Institute of Automation and Institute Director of Kim Chaek University of Technology, and Vice Director of a Department of the Central Committee of the WPK, he participated at the launches of the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on 4 July 2017 and 28 July 2017, as well as most other missile launches in 2017, 2019 and March 2020.’;














(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’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, entries 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:










 


Name


Alias


Location


Date of designation


Other information




‘4.


Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre
녕변 원자력 연구소
영변 원자력 연구소


 


 


22.12.2009


Facilities capable of producing fissile material for military uses, including a 5MW (e) reactor, a plutonium reprocessing facility (radio-chemical laboratory), a Light Water Reactor (LWR) and a reported uranium enrichment facility. The Centre is maintained by the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the UNSC, 16.7.2009). In June 2024, the IAEA stated that they had observed the intermittent discharge of water from the cooling system of the LWR at Yongbyon since December 2023, consistent with the operation of the LWR. The IAEA also detected ongoing indications of operation of the 5MW(e) reactor and of the reported centrifuge enrichment facility. The UN Panel of Experts, in its March 2024 report, also detected significant ongoing activity at Yongbyon.




5.


Korean People’s Army
조선인민군


 


 


16.10.2017


The Korean People’s Army includes the Strategic Force (previously Strategic Rocket Force), which controls the DPRK’s nuclear and conventional strategic missile units. The Strategic Rocket Force has been listed by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2356 (2017).’;


















(3)


Annex III is amended as follows:






(a)


the title ‘List of persons referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1) and point (c) of Article 27(1)’ is replaced by the following: ‘List of persons referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1) and persons and entities referred to in point (c) of Article 27(1)’;










(b)


under the heading ‘A. Persons’, entries 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27 and 28 are replaced by the following:









 


Name


Identifying information


Date of designation


Reasons




‘8.


KIM Chang Hyok
a.k.a: James Kim
김창혁


Date of birth: 29.4.1963
Place of birth: N. Hamgyong
Passport number: 472130058
Gender: male


22.1.2018


Kim Chang Hyok has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as the representative of Pan Systems Pyongyang in Malaysia. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. Established multiple accounts in Malaysia in the name of front companies of “Glocom”, itself a front company of designated entity Pan Systems Pyongyang.
The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified Pan Systems as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




10.


RYANG Su Nyo
량수니오


Date of birth: 11.8.1959
Place of birth: Japan
Gender: male


22.1.2018


Director of Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified the company as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




11.


PYON Won Gun
변원군


Date of birth: 13.3.1968
Place of birth: S. Phyongan
Service passport number: 836220035
Passport number: 290220142
Gender: male


22.1.2018


Director of Glocom, a front company of Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations.
Glocom advertises radio communications equipment for military and paramilitary organizations.
Pyon Won Gun has also been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. As of July 2024, Glocom continued to operate and was actively selling military telecommunications equipment.




12.


PAE Won Chol
배원철


Date of birth: 30.8.1969
Place of birth: Pyongyang
Diplomatic Passport number: 654310150
Gender: male


22.1.2018


Pae Won Chol has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified the company as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




13.


RI Sin Song
리신송


Gender: male


22.1.2018


Ri Sin Song has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified the company as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




14.


KIM Sung Su
김성수


Gender: male


22.1.2018


Kim Sung Su has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as representative of Pan Systems Pyongyang in China. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified the company as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




15.


KIM Pyong Chol
김병철


Gender: male


22.1.2018


Kim Pyong Chol has been identified by the UN Panel of Experts as a DPRK national operating Pan Systems Pyongyang. Pan Systems Pyongyang has been designated by the Union for assisting in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea. Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified the company as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




19.


KIM Il-Su
a.k.a. KIM Il Su
김일수


DOB: 2.9.1965
POB: Pyongyang, DPRK
Gender: male


3.7.2015


Manager in the reinsurance department of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) based in the headquarters in Pyongyang and former authorised chief representative of KNIC in Hamburg, acting on behalf of KNIC or at its direction. The UN Panel of Experts in its September 2023 and March 2024 reports found that KNIC continued to operate and expand its activities in various third countries.




20.


KANG Song-Sam
a.k.a. KANG Song Sam


DOB: 5.7.1972
POB: Pyongyang, DPRK
Gender: male


3.7.2015


Former authorised representative of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) in Hamburg, continues to act for or on behalf of KNIC or at its direction. The UN Panel of Experts in its September 2023 and March 2024 reports found that KNIC continued to operate and expand its activities in various third countries.




21.


CHOE Chun-Sik
a.k.a. CHOE Chun Sik
최천식


DOB: 23.12.1963
POB: Pyongyang, DPRK
Passport number: 745132109
Valid until 12.2.2020
Gender: male


3.7.2015


Director in the reinsurance department of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) based in the headquarters in Pyongyang acting on behalf of KNIC or at its direction. The UN Panel of Experts in its September 2023 and March 2024 reports found that KNIC continued to operate and expand its activities in various third countries.




22.


SIN Kyu-Nam
a.k.a. SIN Kyu Nam
신규남


DOB: 12.9.1972
POB: Pyongyang, DPRK
Passport number: PO472132950
Gender: male


3.7.2015


Director in the reinsurance department of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) based in the headquarters in Pyongyang and former authorised representative of KNIC in Hamburg, acting on behalf of KNIC or at its direction. The UN Panel of Experts in its September 2023 and March 2024 reports found that KNIC continued to operate and expand its activities in various third countries.




23.


PAK Chun-San
a.k.a. PAK Chun San
박천산


DOB: 18.12.1953
POB: Pyongyang, DPRK
Passport number: PS472220097
Gender: male


3.7.2015


Director in the reinsurance department of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) based in the headquarters in Pyongyang at least until December 2015 and former authorised chief representative of KNIC in Hamburg, continues to act for or on behalf of KNIC or at its direction. The UN Panel of Experts in its September 2023 and March 2024 reports found that KNIC continued to operate and expand its activities in various third countries.




24.


SO Tong Myong
서동명


DOB: 10.9.1956
Gender: male


3.7.2015


Former president of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC), former KNIC Executive Management Committee Chairman (June 2012); former KNIC General Manager, September 2013, acting on behalf of KNIC or at its direction. The UN Panel of Experts in its September 2023 and March 2024 reports found that KNIC continued to operate and expand its activities in various third countries.




27.


IM Song Sun
a.k.a. IM Song-Sun


Nationality: DPRK
Gender: male


21.4.2022


In his capacity as a representative of the Corman Construction Company (Tong Bang), a front company for the UN-designated Mansudae Overseas Project (MOP) Group (also known as Mansudae Art Studio), Im Song Sun is engaged in sanctions evasion in violation of the provisions of UNSCRs 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017) or 2397(2017). He has managed construction by this company in Senegal and has received payments on contracts awarded to MOP and Corman Construction, and therefore he is responsible for financial activities supporting the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes. The US government sanctioned Im Song Sun in 2023 for similar reasons. The UN Panel of Experts in March 2024 found that artists linked to Mansudae Overseas Project Group continued to operate abroad.




28.


CHOE Song Chol
a.k.a. CHOE Song-Chol


Nationality: DPRK
Gender: male


21.4.2022


In his capacity as a representative of the Corman Construction company (Tong Bang), a front company for UN-designated Mansudae Overseas Project Group (also known as Mansudae Art Studio), Choe Song Chol is engaged in sanctions evasion in violation of the provisions of UNSCRs 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017) or 2397(2017). He has managed construction by this company in Senegal and has received payments on contracts awarded to MOP and Corman Construction, and therefore he is responsible for financial activities supporting the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes. The US government sanctioned Choe Song Chol in 2023 for similar reasons. The UN Panel of Experts in March 2024 found that artists linked to Mansudae Overseas Project Group continued to operate abroad.’;














(c)


under the heading ‘B. Entities’, entries 4 and 8 are replaced by the following:









 


Name (and possible aliases)


Identifying information


Date of designation


Reasons




‘4.


Pan Systems Pyongyang
a.k.a. Wonbang Trading Co.; Glocom; International Golden Services; International Global System


Address: Room 818, Pothonggang Hotel, Ansan-Dong, Pyongchon district, Pyongyang, DPRK


16.10.2017


Pan Systems has assisted in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council through the attempted sale of arms and related materiel to Eritrea.
Pan Systems is also controlled by and works on behalf of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, an entity that has been designated by the United Nations. The March 2023 Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts presents information that Pan Systems continues to engage in attempts to export arms. The September 2023 Report of the UN Panel of Experts identified the company as exporting and providing training in the use of military telecommunications equipment to the Ethiopian armed forces via front companies in Malaysia and Indonesia.




8.


Korea Paekho Trading Corporation
(Alias: Joson Paekho Muyok Hoesa)
조선백호무역회사


Address: Chongryu 3-dong, Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea


21.4.2022


Paekho Trading Corporation is an art company involved in constructing statues overseas, in exporting artwork statues produced by Paekho Art Studio, and facilitates illicit labour and access to international financial systems. It specifically targets development grants and loans, as well as foreign-direct investment earmarked for municipal projects. It is, thereby, engaged in sanctions evasion and responsible for supporting financially the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes. In July 2024, the company was seen participating in a trade fair of DPRK products in Vladivostok, Russia.’;














(d)


under the heading ‘B. Entities’, the following entry is added:









 


Name (and possible aliases)


Identifying information


Date of designation


Reasons




‘11.


Royal Shune Lei


Address: Building 37, Room 6, Bahosi Housing, Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar/Burma


16.12.2024


The UN Panel of Experts reports that Royal Shune Lei, a Myanmar/Burma company working as an intermediary firm for the armed forces of Myanmar/Burma, is identified as working with the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) for supply of arms and weapons from the DPRK. Such arms transfers from the DPRK are a breach of UN Security Council Resolutions. As such, the entity is assisting in the evasion of UN sanctions.’.















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