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Yang Kyong Song

Sanction-linked entity

Yang Kyong Song is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Yang Kyong Song				[sources]
Birth date	1961				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Description	Technician of the DPRK, who visited Syria in 2017 and is tied to prohibited activities by Syrian defence factories.				[sources]
Last change	2024-07-20	Last processed	2024-10-29	First seen	2023-08-08

Descriptions

Paragraph 89 (p. 42) of the UN Panel of Experts March 2019 report describes the visa process of the technicians from the DPRK. Footnote 93 makes a reference to Paragraphs 125-127 (p. 48f.) of the March 2019 report, which mentions the technicians' affiliation with the Academy of National Defence Science while not referencing these individuals by name.

— DPRK Reports non-official source, 2023-08-08

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`83632010`	North Korea	-	2016	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
ACADEMY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE	Ballistic missile technician	-	-

Data sources

DPRK Reports5,540

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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