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Kyongchol Jo

Politician · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameJO Kyongchol · JO, Kyong-Chol · Jo Kyong-chol · KYONG-CHOL JO · Kyong Chol JO · 5 more...[sources]
Other nameCho Kyong-chol · JO Kyong Chol · Jo Kyong Chol · Kyo'ng-ch'o'l Cho · Kyong Chol Jo · 2 more...[sources]
Birth date · [sources]
Place of birthKorea, North[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityNorth Korea[sources]
CountryNorth Korea[sources]
CitizenshipNorth Korea[sources]
First nameGyeong-cheol · KYONG-CHOL · Kyo'ng-ch'o'l · Kyong · Kyong Chol · 2 more...[sources]
Last nameCho · JO · Jo[sources]
Second nameChol[sources]
Wikidata IDQ12616566[sources]
PositionDPRK Director of Military Security Command · Director of the Military Security Command · General in the Korean People’s Army · 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. Director of the Military Security Command. · Général dans l'armée populaire de Corée · 1 more...[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

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.

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities,

Général de l’armée populaire de Corée. En juin 2022, nommé membre de la Commission militaire centrale du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, organe essentiel pour les questions de défense nationale en RPDC. Directeur du commandement de la sécurité militaire. À ce titre, responsable, sous forme d’appui ou d’encouragement, des programmes de la RPDC en rapport avec les armes nucléaires, les missiles balistiques ou d’autres armes de destruction massive. A accompagné Kim Jong Un au plus grand exercice de tir d’artillerie à longue portée jamais organisé. Réélu au comité central du Parti en janvier 2021.

French National Asset Freezing System,

North Korean general

Wikidata non-official source,

North Korean general

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,265

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US SAM Procurement Exclusions112,144

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,064

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

French National Asset Freezing System5,168

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,288

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,110

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities1,090

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories430,267

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,213

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,542

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,602

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,760

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata382,652

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: gb-hmt-13360 · ofac-23090 · eu-fsf-eu-4175-89 · fr-ga-2476 · mc-freezes-f6341e4c5800d5adb43bd6b45a21e1b7b4ff2c8e · gb-fcdo-dpr0039 · NK-NsUBtVhfSJ5X3ADicu2joM · NK-oHXszUr2MYfUa2MJRLS9VD · eu-tb-logical-108631 · eu-oj-016d5af3602b9ab6f759ff6bad0751cb2ab5629a · usgsa-s4mr6hn54

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