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Canonical ID: NK-nmnM3CsQ8PvYLn2xDVmEq6 · Entity type: Company (reference)
| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Company:description | "Foreign Trade Bank is a state-owned bank and acts as the DPRK’s primary foreign exchange bank and has provided key financial support to the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation (KKBC. KPe.025)." Blocked by SWIFT in March 2017. Manages State foreign exchange transactions and diplomatic accounts. Reportedly established a Dandong branch in China in 2002. Legal proceedings indicate that the bank continued to operate or control China-based accounts after China indicated that it had notified the Panel that it had “taken corresponding measures in accordance with the requirement of the resolutions [and] closed all the representative offices of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea financial institutions in China in 2016. Russian authorities also confirmed in 2019 that the bank had ceased all operations in 2016. | kp_rusi_reports | kprusi-3e0b60acd7dda2885244222b09609e194865abce | ||||