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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
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.
Annex V should therefore be updated.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(3) In
order
to
ensure
that
the
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (
force immediately.

1 ), and
in particular Article 13(1)(e) thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:
Article 1
(1) Annex
V
to
Regulation
(EC)
No
329/2007
lists
persons, Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 is hereby replaced by
entities and bodies who, having been designated by the
the Annex to this Regulation.
Council, are covered by the freezing of funds and
economic resources under that Regulation.
Article 2
(2) On
19
December
2011,
the
Council
decided
to
amend This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi
the list of persons, entities and bodies to whom the
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2011.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
( 1 ) OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX V
List of persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6(2)
A. Natural persons referred to in Article 6(2)(a):
# Name
(and
possible
aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
1. CHANG
Song-taek
(alias Date of birth:
Member of the National Defence
JANG Song-Taek)
Commission. Director of the Administrative
2.2.1946 or 6.2.1946 or 23.2.1946 Department of the Korean Workers' Party.
(North Hamgyong province)
Passport number (as of 2006): PS
736420617
2. CHON
Chi
Bu
Member of the General Bureau of Atomic
Energy, former technical director of
Yongbyon.
3. CHU
Kyu-Chang
(alias Date of birth: between 1928 and
First Deputy Director of the Defence Industry
JU Kyu-Chang)
1933
Department (ballistics programme), Korean
Workers' Party, Member of the National
Defence Commission.
4. HYON
Chol-hae Year
of
birth:
1934
(Manchuria,
Deputy Director of the General Political
China)
Department of the People's Armed Forces
(military adviser to Kim Jong-Il).
5. JON
Pyong-ho Year
of
birth:
1926 Secretary
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.
6. Lieutenant
General
KIM Year of birth: 1946
Commander of Reconnaissance General
Yong Chol
Bureau (RGB).
(alias: Kim Yong-Chol;
(Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea)
Kim Young-Chol; Kim
Young-Cheol; Kim
Young-Chul)
7. KIM
Yong-chun
(alias Date of birth: 4.3.1935
Deputy Chairman of the National Defence
Young-chun)
Commission, Minister for the People's
Passport number: 554410660
Armed Forces, special adviser to Kim Jong-
Il on nuclear strategy.
8. O
Kuk-Ryol Year
of
birth:
1931
Deputy Chairman of the National Defence
Commission, supervising the acquisition
(Jilin Province, China)
abroad of advanced technology for nuclear
and ballistic programmes.
9. PAEK
Se-bong Year
of
birth:
1946 Chairman
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.
10. PAK
Jae-gyong
(alias
Year of birth: 1933
Deputy Director of the General Political
Chae-Kyong)
Department of the People's Armed Forces
Passport number: 554410661
and Deputy Director of the Logistics
Bureau of the People's Armed Forces
(military adviser to Kim Jong-II).

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# Name
(and
possible
aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
11. PAK
To-Chun
Date of birth: 9.3.1944
Member of the National Security Council. He
is in charge of the arms industry and it is
(Jagang, Rangrim)
reported that he commands the office for
nuclear energy. This institution is decisive
for DPRK’s nuclear and carrier program.
12. PYON
Yong
Rip
(alias Date of birth: 20.9.1929
President of the Academy of Science,
Yong-Nip)
involved in WMD-related biological research.
Passport number: 645310121
(issued on 13.09.2005)
13. RYOM
Yong Director
of
the
General
Bureau
of
Atomic
Energy (entity designated by the United
Nations), in charge of international relations.
14. SO
Sang-kuk
Date of birth: between 1932 and
Head of the Department of Nuclear Physics,
1938
Kim Il Sung University.
B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6(2)(a):
Name (and possible aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
1. Green
Pine
Associated c/o Reconnaissance General Bureau
Ch’o’ngsong Yo’nhap has been identified for
Corporation (alias:
Headquarters, Hyongjesan-Guyok,
sanctions for exporting arms or related
Chongsong Yonhap;
Pyongyang / Nungrado, Pyongyang
material from North Korea. Green Pine
Ch’o’ngsong Yo’nhap;
specializes in the production of maritime
Saengpil Associated
military craft and armaments, such as
Company; General
submarines, military boats and missile
Precious Metal Complex
systems, and has exported torpedoes and
(GPM); Myong Dae
technical assistance to Iranian defence-
Company; Twin Dragon
related firms. Green Pine is responsible for
Trading (TDT))
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.
2. Hesong
Trading
Location: Pyongyang Controlled
by
Korea
Mining
Development
Corporation
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.
Hesong Trading Corporation is involved in
supplies with potential use in ballistic
missile program.
3. Korea
Complex
Location: Rakwon-dong,
Controlled by Korea Ryonbong General
Equipment Import
Pothonggang District, Pyongyang
Corporation (entity designated by the
Corporation
United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence
conglomerate specialising in acquisition for
DPRK defence industries and support to
that country's military-related sales.

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Name (and possible aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
4. Korea
Heungjin
Trading Location: Pyongyang Pyongyang-based
entity
used
by
the
Korea
Company
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.
5. Korea
International
Location: Hamhung, South
Controlled by Korea Ryonbong General
Chemical Joint Venture Hamgyong Province; Man gyongdae- Corporation (entity designated by the
Company
kuyok, Pyongyang; Mangyungdae-gu, United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence
Pyongyang
conglomerate specialising in acquisition for
(alias Choson
DPRK defence industries and support to
International Chemicals
that country's military-related sales.
Joint Operation
Company; Chosun
International Chemicals
Joint Operation
Company; International
Chemical Joint Venture
Corporation)
6. Korea
Kwangsong
Location: Rakwon-dong,
Controlled by Korea Ryonbong General
Trading Corporation
Pothonggang District, Pyongyang
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.
7. Korea
Pugang
mining
Subsidiary of Korea Ryongbong General
and Machinery
Corporation (entity designated by the
Corporation ltd
United Nations, 24.4.2009); operates
facilities for the production of aluminium
powder, which can be used in missiles.
8. Korea
Ryonha
Location: Central District,
Controlled by Korea Ryonbong General
Machinery Joint Venture Pyongyang; Mangungdae-gu,
Corporation (entity designated by the
Corporation
Pyongyang; Mangyongdae District,
United Nations, 24.4.2009); defence
Pyongyang
conglomerate specialising in acquisition for
(alias: Chosun Yunha
DPRK defence industries and support to
Machinery Joint
that country’s military-related sales.
Operation Company;
Korea Ryenha
The production sites of Korea Ryonha
Machinery J/V
Machinery Joint Venture Corporation have
Corporation; Ryonha
been modernized lately and are partly
Machinery Joint Venture
intended for processing materials relevant
Corporation)
to nuclear production.
9. Korea
Taesong
Trading Location: Pyongyang Pyongyang-based
entity
used
by
the
Korea
Company
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.

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Name (and possible aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
10. Munitions
Industry
Location: Pyongyang Responsible
for
overseeing
activities
of
North
Department
Korea’s military industries, including the
Second Economic Committee (SEC) and
(alias: Military Supplies
KOMID. This includes overseeing the devel
Industry Department)
opment of North Korea’s ballistic missile and
nuclear programmes.
Until 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.
11. Korean
Ryengwang
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Subsidiary of Korea Ryongbong General
Trading Corporation
Pyongyang, North Korea
Corporation (entity designated by the
United Nations, 24.4.2009).
12. Reconnaissance
General Location: Hyongjesan-Guyok,
The Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) is
Bureau (RGB)
Pyongyang, North Korea; Nungrado, North Korea’s premiere intelligence organ
Pyongyang, North Korea
ization, created in early 2009 by the
(alias: Chongch’al
merger of existing intelligence organizations
Ch’ongguk; RGB; KPA
from the Korean Workers’ Party, the
Unit 586)
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).
13. Second
Economic
The Second Economic Committee is involved
Committee and Second
in key aspects of North Korea’s missile
Academy of Natural
program. The Second Economic Committee
Sciences
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.

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Name (and possible aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
14. Sobaeku
United
Corp.
State-owned company, involved in research
(alias Sobaeksu United
into, and the acquisition, of sensitive
Corp.)
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.
15. Tosong
Technology
Location: Pyongyang Controlled
by
the
Korea
Mining
Devel
Trading Corporation
opment 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.
16. Yongbyon
Nuclear
Research centre which has taken part in the
Research Centre
production of military-grade plutonium.
Centre maintained by the General Bureau
of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the
United Nations, 16.7.2009).
C. Natural persons referred to in Article 6(2)(b):
# Name
(and
possible
aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
1. JON
Il-chun
Date of birth: 24.8.1941 In
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.
2. KIM
Tong-un Former
director
of
‘Office
39’
of
the
Central
Committee of the Workers' Party, which is
involved in proliferation financing.
3. KIM
Tong-Myo'ng
Year of birth: 1964
Kim Tong-Myo'ng acts on behalf of Tanchon
Commercial Bank (entity designated by the
(alias: Kim Chin-so'k)
Nationality: North Korean
United Nations, 24.4.2009).
Kim 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.

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D. Legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6(2)(b):
# Name
(and
possible
aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
1. Amroggang
Address: Tongan-dong, Pyongyang Entity
owned
or
controlled
by
Tanchon
Development Banking
Commercial Bank (entity designated by the
Corporation
United Nations, 24.4.2009).
(alias: Amroggang
Established in 2006, Amroggang Devel
Development Bank;
opment Banking Corporation is managed
Amnokkang
by officials of the Tanchon Commercial
Development Bank)
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).
2. Bank
of
East
Land
Address: PO Box 32, BEL Building,
North Korean financial institution that
Jonseung-Dung, Moranbong District, facilitates weapons-related transactions for,
(alias: Dongbang Bank;
Pyongyang
and other support to, designated arms manu
Tongbang U’nhaeng;
facturer and exporter Green Pine Associated
Tongbang Bank)
Corporation (Green Pine). Bank of East Land
has actively worked with Green Pine to
transfer funds in a manner that circumvents
sanctions.
In 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.
3. Korea
Daesong
Bank
Address: Segori-dong, Gyongheung
North Korean financial institution that is
St., Potonggang District, Pyongyang directly subordinated to Office 39 and is
(alias: Choson Taesong
involved in facilitating North Korea’s prolif
Unhaeng; Taesong
Phone: 850 2 381 8221
eration financing projects.
Bank)
Phone: 850 2 18111 ext. 8221
Fax: 850 2 381 4576
4. Korea
Daesong
General Address: Pulgan Gori Dong 1,
Company that is subordinated to Office 39
Trading Corporation
Potonggang District, Pyongyang
and is used to facilitate foreign transactions
on behalf of Office 39.
(alias: Daesong Trading; Phone: 850 2 18111 ext.
Daesong Trading
8204/8208
Office 39’s Director of Office, Kim Tong-un
Company; Korea
is listed in Annex V of Council Regulation
Daesong Trading
Phone: 850 2 381 8208/4188
(EU) No 329/2007.
Company; Korea
Fax: 850 2 381 4431/4432
Daesong Trading
Corporation)
5. Korea
Kwangson
Address: Jungson-dong, Sungri
A subordinate acting on behalf of or at the
Banking Corp. (KKBC)
Street, Central District, Pyongyang
direction of, owned or controlled by the
Korea Ryonbong General Corporation
(alias: Korea Kwangson
(entity designated by the United Nations,
Banking Corp; KKBC)
24.4.2009).
Provides financial services in support of both
Tanchon Commercial Bank (entity designated
by the United Nations, 24.4.2009) and Korea
Hyoksin Trading Corporation (entity
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# Name
(and
possible
aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
Since 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.
Additionally, Hyoksin, which the UN
described as being involved in the devel
opment 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.
6. Office
39
of
The
Korean Address: Second KWP Government
Office 39 of the Korean Workers’ Party
Workers’ Party
Building (Korean: Ch’o’ngsa),
engages in illicit economic activity to
Chungso’ng, Urban Tower
support the North Korean government. It
(alias: Office #39; Office (Korean’Dong), Chung Ward,
has branches throughout the nation that
No. 39; Bureau 39;
Pyongyang; Chung-Guyok (Central
raise and manage funds and is responsible
Central Committee;
District), Sosong Street, Kyongrim-
for earning foreign currency for North
Third Floor Division
Dong, Pyongyang; Changgwang
Korea’s Korean Workers’ Party senior
39.)
Street, Pyongyang.
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.
Office 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.
Office 39 produced methamphetamine in
Sangwon, South Pyongan Province and was
also involved in the distribution of metham
phetamine 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.
In 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
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# Name
(and
possible
aliases) Identifying
information Reasons
Member States to prevent the supply, sale, or
transfer of luxury goods to North Korea.
Office 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 laun
dering 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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