Entity screening for sanctions

Country: KP

Address: Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Central Military Commission is responsible for the development and implementation of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s military policies, commands and controls the DPRK’s military, and directs the country’s military defense industries in coordination with the State Affairs Commission.

Country: KP

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Worker’s Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea, the DPRK’s military, and the DPRK’s government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK’s censorship policies.

Country: KP

Address: Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Propaganda and Agitation Department has full control over the media, which it uses as a tool to control the public on behalf of the DPRK leadership. The Propaganda and Agitation Department also engages in or is responsible for censorship by the Government of the DPRK, including newspaper and broadcast censorship.

Country: KP

Address: Kalrimgil 2-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok; Saemaul 2-dong, Pyongchon-guyok

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of CHON MYONG 1, a DPRK-flagged vessel that conducted ship-to-ship transfer of fuel in late December 2017. IMO number: 5571322.

Country: KP

Address: Jongbaek 1-dong, Rakrang-guyok

Program: DPRK

Profile: Owner of the DPRK tanker PAEK MA, which was involved in ship-to-ship transfer operations for oil in mid-January 2018. IMO number: 5963351.

Country: KP

Address: Kumsong 3-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of the DPRK tanker NAM SAN 8, believed to have been involved in ship-to-ship transfer operations for oil, and owner of vessel HAP JANG GANG 6. IMO number: 5787684.

Country: MH

Address: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH

Program: DPRK

Profile: In 2017, Tsang Yung Yuan (aka Neil Tsang) and Kingly Won attempted to engage in an oil deal valued at over $1 million with a petroleum company in a third country to illicitly transfer to the DPRK. Kingly Won acted as a broker for that petroleum company and a Chinese company that reached out to Kingly Won to purchase marine oil on its behalf.

Country: KP

Address: Sochang-dong, Chung-guyok

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of DPRK tanker CHON MA SAN. DPRK-flagged CHON MA SAN prepared for likely ship-to-ship transfer operations in late January 2018. The master of the DPRK-flagged motor tanker YU JONG 2 reported on 18 November 2017 to an unidentified DPRK-based controller that the vessel was avoiding a storm in advance of a ship-to-ship transfer. The master suggested that the YU JONG 2 load fuel oil before the DPRK-flagged tanker CHON MA SAN since the CHON MA SAN’s larger size was better suited to conduct ship-to-ship transfers in a storm. After the CHON MA SAN loaded fuel oil from a vessel, the YU JONG 2 loaded 1,168 kiloliters of fuel oil on 19 November 2017 through a ship-to-ship transfer operation. IMO number: 5936312.

Country: KP

Address: Pyongchon 1-dong, Pyongchon-guyok

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of DPRK tanker AN SAN 1 believed to have been involved in ship-to-ship transfer operations for oil. IMO number: 5676084

Country: KP

Address: Chilgol 2-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of the YU PHYONG 5. In late November 2017, the YU PHYONG 5 conducted a ship-to-ship transfer of 1,721 metric tons of fuel oil. IMO number: 5985863.

Country: KP

Address: Tonghung-dong, Chung-guyok, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of DPRK tankers SAM JONG 1 and SAM JONG 2. Both vessels are believed to have imported refined petroleum to DPRK in violation of UN sanctions in late January 2018. IMO number: 5954061.

Country: KP

Address: Rakrang 3-dong, Rakrang-guyok, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: A DPRK-flagged tanker, SAM MA 2 owned by Korea Samma Shipping Company, conducted a ship-to-ship transfer of oil and fabricated documents in mid-October 2017, loading almost 1,600 metric tons of fuel oil in one transaction. The ship master was instructed to erase SAMMA SHIPPING and the Korean words found on the ship’s seal and instead put “Hai Xin You 606” to mask its identity as a DPRK vessel. IMO number: 5145892.

Country: KP

Address: Puksong 2-dong, Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of the DPRK tanker YU JONG 2, which loaded 1,168 kiloliters of fuel oil on 19 November 2017 through a ship-to-ship transfer operation. Company Number IMO 5434358.

Country: PA

Address: Panama City

Program: DPRK

Profile: Ship manager and commercial manager of the Panama-flagged vessel KOTI, which conducted ship-to-ship transfers of likely petroleum product to the DPRK-flagged KUM UN SAN 3 on 9 December 2017. IMO number: 5982254.

Country: KP

Address: Jongbaek 1-dong, Rakrang-guyok, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of the DPRK tanker PAEK MA, which was involved in ship-to-ship transfer operations for oil in mid-January 2018.

Country: KP

Address: Otan-dong, Chung-guyok, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner of DPRK tanker JI SONG 6, which is believed to have been involved in ship-to-ship transfer operations of oil in late January 2018. The company also owns vessels JI SONG 8 and WOORY STAR. IMO number: 5878561.

Program: DPRK

Profile: Company owned or controlled by Tsang Yung Yuan and involved in illicit transfers of DPRK coal.

Country: SG

Address: 80 Raffles Place, #17-22 UOB Plaza, Singapore

Program: DPRK

Profile: Ship manager and commercial manager of the YUK TUNG, which conducted ship-to-ship transfer of refined petroleum product. IMO number: 5987860.

Country: CN

Address: Room 2105, DL1849, Trend Centre, 29-31 Cheung Lee Street, Chai Wan

Program: DPRK

Profile: Registered owner, ship manager, and commercial manager of Panama-flagged vessel HUA FU, a cargo ship that loaded DPRK coal at Najin, DPRK on 24 September 2017.

Country: CN

Address: Room 2105, Trend Centre, 29-31 Chueng Lee Street, Chai Wan

Program: DPRK

Profile: Ship and commercial manager of the ASIA BRIDGE 1. Hong Kong-owned vessel, the probable “ASIA BRIDGE 1” was instructed on 19 October 2017 by Huaxin Shipping to make preparations for entry into Nampo, DPRK to receive a shipment of coal bound for Vietnam. The “ASIA BRIDGE 1” was instructed by an unidentified employee of Huaxin Shipping Ltd. to make preparations to receive 8,000 metric tons of coal and then sail to Cam Pha, Vietnam. The master of the vessel was instructed to cover the ship’s name and other markings using canvas while in port at Nampo.