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Yong Chol Kim

Diplomat · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Yong Chol Kim is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	KIM, Yong Chol · Kim Jong-čchol · Kim Yong Chol · Kim Yong-chol · Kim Yŏng Ch'ŏl · 22 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gim Yeong-cheol · KIM Yong-Chol · KIM Young-Cheol · KIM Young-Chol · KIM Young-Chul · 32 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1945 · 1946-01-01 · 1947				[sources]
Place of birth	Pyongan-Pukto · Pyongan-Pukto North Korea · Pyongan-Pukto, KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF · Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea · Pyongan-Pukto, RPDC · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
Country of birth	North Korea				[sources]
Description	"Chief of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation (entity designated by the 1718 Committee, 02.05.2012) responsible for approximately half of the arms and related materiel exported by the DPRK and has taken over many of the activities of KOMID (entity designated by the 1718 Committee, 24.04.2009)."				[sources]
First name	YOUNG-CHEOL · YOUNG-CHOL · YOUNG-CHUL · Yeong-cheol · Yong · 9 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	KIM · Kim				[sources]
Second name	Chol				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q8011165				[sources]
Position	Alternate Member of Political Bureau and Member of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Member of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and, from June 2023, United Front Department Advisor. Former commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), an entity sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council. · Membre du comité central du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, de la Commission des affaires d’État de la République populaire démocratique de Corée · Membre suppléant du Bureau politique · Supreme People’s Assembly (member, 2014-) · Vice Chairman of the Workers Party of Korea · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung Military University · Mangyongdae Revolutionary School				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-29	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Vice Chairman of the Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Membre suppléant du Bureau politique et membre du comité central du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, de la Commission des affaires d’État de la République populaire démocratique de Corée et, depuis juin 2023, conseiller du département du Front uni. Ancien commandant du Bureau général de reconnaissance (RGB), entité sanctionnée par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-11-15

Former Commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Promoted to United Front Department director in May 2016.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Former Commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Promoted to United Front Department director in May 2016.

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

North Korean politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea	-
a) Pyongyang, North Korea	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Reconnaissance General Bureau	Chief	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of State Affairs Commission	-	-
member of State Affairs Commission	-	-
Member of the Supreme People's Assembly	-	-
member of the Supreme People's Assembly	2014-03-09	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	PRK	2023-11-15	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (DPRK)	2022-12-03	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2020-12-31	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2017/1509 du 30/08/2017- (UE Corée du Nord - Règlement (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2020/1129 du 30/07/2020 (UE Corée du Nord - Règlement (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2022/1331 du 28/07/2022 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2023/2576 du 13/11/2023 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509)	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	PRK	2023-11-15	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

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 Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,649

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

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

United States · OFAC

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

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

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

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

Belgium · FOD

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

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)6,364

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

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

Wikidata · non-official source

DPRK Reports5,540

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

Every Politician58,911

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

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

United States · GSA

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

External databases

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

Wikidata377,203

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: eu-tb-logical-6847 · kprusi-db66a7da538feb76396728f43f58ac9cf1ace5da · ofac-12211 · usgsa-s4mr3qtzr · au-dfat-3286-kim-yong-chol · gb-hmt-12439 · fr-ga-2502 · au-dfat-2649-kim-yong-chol · gb-fcdo-dpr0044 · NK-2rnmguELgE8J8aFpAKxAZL · evpo-951753d8-1a2b-448e-a7b7-f4b6e8deaf28 · eu-fsf-eu-4159-44 · NK-SBnp82abVr3ztXQLUK8EsR · usgsa-s4mr3qtzq · mc-freezes-1565cf61f33d5c2472af42513522f0afe7a8a689 · usgsa-s4mr3qtzs

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