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PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR EU DESIGNATION
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1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4.
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SUMMARY/BACKGROUND
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2. (U) The European Union's Council Asia Oceania ("COASI")
Working Group is meeting next week to discuss the EU
regulation to implement UN Security Council Resolution
(UNSCR) 1874, which will include consideration of North
Korean proliferation-related entities and individuals for
designation. The U.S. would like the EU to consider
designating North Korean proliferation-related entities and
individuals beyond those designated by the UNSCR 1718
Sanctions Committee on July 16, 2009. The U.S. has designated
these additional entities and individuals under our
proliferation-related Executive Order (E.O.) 13382. E.O.
13382 freezes the assets of designated proliferators of
weapons of mass destruction and their supporters and
prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in any transactions with
them.
3. (U) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)
1718 requires member states to freeze the funds of, and deny
financial resources to, both UN-designated entities and
persons, and persons and entities acting on their behalf or
at their direction. The United States' additional
designations implement this requirement. These designations
are also consistent with the call in UNSCR 1874 to deny
financial services that could contribute to North Korea's WMD
programs. It would also be consistent with previous EU
action in other sanctions contexts, where the EU has
designated entities and individuals beyond those identified
by the UN.
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ACTION REQUEST/OBJECTIVES
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4. (SBU) Posts are requested to pursue the following
objectives.
-- Pass to relevant host government officials as soon as
possible the following non-paper, which provides background
and identifier information on the non-UN designated, North
Korean proliferation-related entities and individuals that
the U.S. has designated under E.O. 13382.
-- Encourage host governments to designate as soon as
possible the North Korean entities and individuals designated
by the UNSCR 1718 Sanctions Committee on July 16, 2009.Also
invite host governments to consider designating the
additional North Korean proliferation-related entities and
individuals that the U.S. has designated under
proliferation-related Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, either
nationally or at the EU level.
-- Note that these designations would highlight the dangers
of doing business with these North Korean designees, and
would provide transparent information to help financial
institutions worldwide protect themselves from deceptive
financial practices employed by North Korean entities and
individuals that engage in or support proliferation.
-- Highlight that designations of these additional entities
and individuals are consistent with United Nations Security
Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718 obligations. That resolution
requires member states to freeze the funds of, and deny
financial resources to both UN-designated entities and
persons and entities acting on their behalf or at their
direction. Such designations would also be consistent with
the call in UNSCR 1874 to deny financial services that could
contribute to North Korea's WMD programs.
-- Remind host government officials that these designations
would also be consistent with previous EU action in other
sanctions programs in which the EU designated additional
entities and individuals beyond those identified by the UN,
including those related to Iranian proliferation-related
activities.
-- If asked about U.S. implementation of UN sanctions against
North Korea, note that the U.S. is currently undertaking all
necessary domestic procedures and will soon be in full
compliance with its UN obligations.
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5. Begin Nonpaper.
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NONPAPER
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DPRK: APPROPRIATE ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR DESIGNATION ON
PROLIFERATION GROUNDS
The United States Government welcomes the EU Council's
declaration of July 27, 2009, which expressed the European
Union's decision to take autonomous measures within the scope
of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs)
concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
In support of this position and the EU's nonproliferation
objectives, we hereby offer the following information
concerning similar efforts on our part. The following
entities and individuals associated with North Korea's
proliferation program could be relevant targets for
designation under Common Position 2009/573/CFSP.
EU designation of these entities and individuals is
consistent with United Nations Security Council (UNSCR) 1718
obligations. That resolution requires member states to
freeze the funds of, and deny financial resources to, both
UN-designated entities and persons and persons or entities
acting on their behalf or at their direction. Such
designations would also be consistent with the call in UNSCR
1874 to deny financial services that could contribute to
North Korea's WMD programs.
1.Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation
Established: July 11, 2000
Address: Jungson-dong, Sunri Street, Central District,
Pyongyang, DPRK
Tel: 850-2-3818678
Fax: 850-2-3814410
SWIFT/BIC: KKBC KPPY
On August 11, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury
designated under U.S. Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 the North
Korean entity the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation
(Kwangson). E.O. 13382, issued on June 28, 2005, is an
authority aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of
weapons of mass destruction and their supporters, and at
isolating them from the U.S. financial and commercial
systems. Designations under E.O. 13382 prohibit all
transactions between the designees and any U.S. person, and
freeze any assets that the designees may have under U.S.
jurisdiction. Kwangson was designated under E.O. 13382 for
providing financial services in support of Tanchon Commercial
Bank (Tanchon) and a subordinate of the Korea Ryonbong
General Corporation (Ryonbong),both of which have been
designated by the UNSCR 1718 Committee for their involvement
in North Korean WMD proliferation activities.
Additional information related to Kwangson's links to North
Korean entities designated by the UNSCR 1718 Committee for
their involvement in North Korean nuclear-related, other
WMD-related, or ballistic missile-related activities includes:
-- Tanchon. Tanchon is the financial arm of North Korea's
Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) and has
played a key role in financing the sale of ballistic
missiles. Since 2008, Tanchon has been utilizing Kwangson to
facilitate funds transfers likely amounting to millions of
dollars, including transfers involving KOMID-related funds
from Burma to China in 2009. KOMID has also been designated
by the UNSCR 1718 Committee.
-- Ryonbong. Ryonbong specializes in the acquisition of
materiel for the North Korean defense industry and provides
support to the DPRK's military-related sales. In the first
half of the decade, Ryonbong was looking to purchase
hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB),carboxyl-terminated
polybutadiene (CTPB),and butyral film. All of this materiel
is controlled under the common export policy guidelines of
the 34-member Missile Technology Control Regime (MCTR).
Korea Hyoksin Trading Corporation, a Ryonbong subsidiary,
sought to use Kwangson in connection with a purchase of
dual-use equipment in 2008. Hyoksin was designated by the
UN's 1718 Sanctions Committee in July 2009.
2. Amroggang Development Bank
Established: May 25, 2006
Tongan-dong
Pyongyang, DRPK
SWIFT/BIC: ADBK KPPY
On October 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury
designated Amroggang Development Bank (Amroggang) as a
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proliferator of WMD under E.O. 13382 for being owned or
controlled by North Korea's Tanchon Commercial Bank.
Amroggang, which was established in 2006, is a
Tanchon-related company managed by Tanchon officials.
Tanchon, the financial arm of the U.S.- and UN-designated
Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),plays a role in
financing KOMID's sales of ballistic missiles and has also
been involved in ballistic missile transactions from KOMID to
Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG),the U.S.- and
UN-designated Iranian organization responsible for developing
liquid-fuelled ballistic missiles. KOMID is North Korea's
premiere arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment
related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons.
3. Kim Tong-myo'ng
A.K.A.: Kim Chin-so'k; Kim Jin Sok
DOB: 1964
Nationality: North Korean
C/O Tanchon Commercial Bank
Saemul 1-Dong, Pyongchon District
Pyongyang, DPRK
A North Korean individual Kim Tong-myo'ng was also designated
under E.O. 13382 along with Amroggang Development Bank for
acting on behalf of Tanchon. Kim Tong-myo'ng has held
various positions within Tanchon since at least 2002 and is
currently Tanchon's President. He has also played a role in
managing Amroggang's affairs.
4. Alex H.T. Tsai
AKA: Hsein Tai Tsai/DOB: August 8, 1945/ POB: Tainan,
Taiwan/Passport Number: 131134049 (Taiwan).
The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Alex Tsai on
January 16, 2009, under E.O. 13382 for providing, or
attempting to provide, financial, technological or other
support for, or goods or services in support of, the Korea
Mining Development Corporation (KOMID). Tsai has been
supplying goods with weapons production capabilities to KOMID
and its subordinates since the late 1990s, and he has been
involved in shipping items to North Korea that could be used
to support North Korea's advanced weapons program. On June
19, 2008, Tsai was indicted by Taiwan's Taipei District
Prosecutors Office for forging shipping invoices and
illegally shipping restricted materials to North Korea.
5. Global Interface Company/Trans Merits Co. Ltd.
Formerly Known As: Trans Scientific Corp.
Address: 9F-1, No. 22, Shin Yi Road, Sec 2
Taipei, Taiwan
Alternate Address: 1st Floor, No. 49, Lane 280, Kwang Fu S.
Road
Taipei, Taiwan
Business Registration Number: 16316976 Taiwan
Global Interface Company was designated on January 16, 2009,
under E.O. 13382 for being owned or controlled by Tsai, who
is the shareholder of the company and acts as its president.
Tsai is also the general manager of Trans Merits Co. Ltd., a
subsidiary of Global Interface Company Inc. that has been
designated for being and owned or controlled by Global
Interface Company Inc.
6. Lu-chi Su
AKA: Lu-Chi Tsai Su/DOB: February 7, 1950/Alt DOB: November
1950/POB: Yun Lin Hsien, Taiwan/Passport Number: 210215095
(Taiwan).
Alex Tsai's wife, Lu-chi Su, was designated on January 16,
2009 under E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act on
behalf of, directly or indirectly, Trans Merits Co. Ltd.
Lu-chi Su is an officer of Global Interface Company Inc. and
Transmerits Co. Ltd and is directly involved in the
companies' operations.
7. Kohas AG
Kohas AG, Route des Arsenaux 15, Fribourg, FR 1700,
Switzerland; C.R. No. CH-217.0.135.719-4.
On March 30, 2006, Kohas AG was designated by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury under E.O. 13382. Kohas AG is an
industrial supply wholesaler located in Switzerland that was
named for its ties to Korea Ryonbong General Corporation.
Nearly half of Kohas AG's shares are owned by a subsidiary of
Korea Ryonbong General Corporation known as Korea Ryongwang
Trading Corporation. Kohas AG acts as a technology broker in
Europe for the North Korean military and has procured goods
with weapons-related applications.
8. Jakob Steiger
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c/o Kohas AG, Fribourg, FR, Switzerland; DOB 27 April 1941;
POB Alstatten, SG, Switzerland
Jakob Steiger, a Swiss national, is the president of Kohas AG
and owns the remainder of the company's shares. He was
designated on March 30, 2006 along with Kohas AG under E.O.
13382. Kohas AG and Jakob Steiger have been involved in
activities of proliferation concern on behalf of North Korea
since the company's founding in the late 1980s.
Subsidiaries of KOMID and Korea Ryonbong General Corporation
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on October 21, 2005,
designated eight North Korean entities engaged in
proliferation-related transactions. North Korean
proliferators of WMD often rely on front companies to mask
their illicit activities. Their direct associations meet the
criteria for designation because the entities are owned or
controlled by, or act or purport to act for or on behalf of,
KOMID or Ryongbong General Corporation.
KOMID
9. Hesong Trading Corporation
Pyongyang, North Korea
10. Tosong Technology Trading Corporation
Pyongyang, North Korea
Ryongbong
11. Korea Complex Equipment Import Corporation
Rakwan-dong, Pothonggand District, Pyongyang, North Korea
12. Korea International Chemical Joint Venture Company
A.K.A.: CHOSON INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL JOINT OPERATION COMPANY
CHOSUN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS JOINT OPERATION COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL JOINT VENTURE COMPANY
Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea
Man gyongdae-kuyok, Pyongyang, North Korea
Mangyungdae-gu, Pyongyang, North Korea
13. Korea Kwangson Trading Corporation
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea
14. Korea Pugang Trading Corporation
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea
15. Korea Ryongwang Trading Corporation
A.K.A.: KOREA RYENGWANG TRADING CORPORATION
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea
16. Korea Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation
A.K.A.: CHOSUN YUNHA MACHINERY JOINT OPERATION COMPANY
A.K.A.: KOREA RYENHA MACHINERY J/V CORPORATION
A.K.A.: RYONHA MACHINERY JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION
Central District, Pyongyang, North Korea
Mangungdae-gu, Pyongyang, North Korea
Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, North Korea
Designation of all of these entities and individuals is
consistent with paragraph 18 of UNSCR 1874 and the
obligations in paragraph 8(d) of UNSCR 1718.
Specifically, in UNSCR 1718, paragraph 8(d),the Security
Council decided that Member States "shall, in accordance with
their respective legal processes, freeze immediately the
funds, other financial assets and economic resources which
are on their territories at the date of the adoption of this
resolution or at any time thereafter, that are owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the persons or
entities designated by the Committee or by the Security
Council as being engaged
in or providing support for, including through other illicit
means, DPRK's nuclear-related, other weapons of mass
destruction-related and ballistic missile related programs,
or by persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their
direction, and ensure that any funds, financial assets or
economic resources are prevented from being made available by
their nationals or by any persons or entities within their
territories, to or for the benefit of such persons or
entities."
UNSCR 1874 paragraph 18 also "calls upon Member States... to
prevent the provision of financial services or the transfer
to, through, or from their territory, or to or by
their nationals or entities organized under their laws
(including branches abroad),or persons or financial
institutions in their territory, of any financial or other
assets or resources that could contribute to the DPRK's
nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related, or other weapons
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of mass destruction-related programs or activities, including
by freezing any financial or other assets or resources on
their territories or that hereafter come within their
territories, or that are subject to their jurisdiction or
that hereafter become subject to their jurisdiction, that are
associated with such programs or activities and applying
enhanced monitoring to prevent all such transactions in
accordance with their national authorities and legislation."
The United States Government greatly appreciates your
government's dedicated efforts in support of the
international community's shared non-proliferation goals.
End Nonpaper.
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REPORTING DEADLINE
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6. (U) Please report delivery of the demarche and any
response within seven days of receipt of this cable. Please
slug replies for ISN, T, TREASURY, EAP. Please use SIPDIS
caption on all responses.
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POINT OF CONTACT
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7. (U) Questions may be directed to ISN/CPI Jennifer
Chalmers, 202-647-9715. chalmersja@state.sgov.gov.
8. (U) Department thanks Posts for their assistance.
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STATE 00115240 001.2 OF 005
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4.
--------------
SUMMARY/BACKGROUND
--------------
2. (U) The European Union's Council Asia Oceania ("COASI")
Working Group is meeting next week to discuss the EU
regulation to implement UN Security Council Resolution
(UNSCR) 1874, which will include consideration of North
Korean proliferation-related entities and individuals for
designation. The U.S. would like the EU to consider
designating North Korean proliferation-related entities and
individuals beyond those designated by the UNSCR 1718
Sanctions Committee on July 16, 2009. The U.S. has designated
these additional entities and individuals under our
proliferation-related Executive Order (E.O.) 13382. E.O.
13382 freezes the assets of designated proliferators of
weapons of mass destruction and their supporters and
prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in any transactions with
them.
3. (U) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)
1718 requires member states to freeze the funds of, and deny
financial resources to, both UN-designated entities and
persons, and persons and entities acting on their behalf or
at their direction. The United States' additional
designations implement this requirement. These designations
are also consistent with the call in UNSCR 1874 to deny
financial services that could contribute to North Korea's WMD
programs. It would also be consistent with previous EU
action in other sanctions contexts, where the EU has
designated entities and individuals beyond those identified
by the UN.
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ACTION REQUEST/OBJECTIVES
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4. (SBU) Posts are requested to pursue the following
objectives.
-- Pass to relevant host government officials as soon as
possible the following non-paper, which provides background
and identifier information on the non-UN designated, North
Korean proliferation-related entities and individuals that
the U.S. has designated under E.O. 13382.
-- Encourage host governments to designate as soon as
possible the North Korean entities and individuals designated
by the UNSCR 1718 Sanctions Committee on July 16, 2009.Also
invite host governments to consider designating the
additional North Korean proliferation-related entities and
individuals that the U.S. has designated under
proliferation-related Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, either
nationally or at the EU level.
-- Note that these designations would highlight the dangers
of doing business with these North Korean designees, and
would provide transparent information to help financial
institutions worldwide protect themselves from deceptive
financial practices employed by North Korean entities and
individuals that engage in or support proliferation.
-- Highlight that designations of these additional entities
and individuals are consistent with United Nations Security
Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718 obligations. That resolution
requires member states to freeze the funds of, and deny
financial resources to both UN-designated entities and
persons and entities acting on their behalf or at their
direction. Such designations would also be consistent with
the call in UNSCR 1874 to deny financial services that could
contribute to North Korea's WMD programs.
-- Remind host government officials that these designations
would also be consistent with previous EU action in other
sanctions programs in which the EU designated additional
entities and individuals beyond those identified by the UN,
including those related to Iranian proliferation-related
activities.
-- If asked about U.S. implementation of UN sanctions against
North Korea, note that the U.S. is currently undertaking all
necessary domestic procedures and will soon be in full
compliance with its UN obligations.
STATE 00115240 002.2 OF 005
5. Begin Nonpaper.
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NONPAPER
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DPRK: APPROPRIATE ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR DESIGNATION ON
PROLIFERATION GROUNDS
The United States Government welcomes the EU Council's
declaration of July 27, 2009, which expressed the European
Union's decision to take autonomous measures within the scope
of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs)
concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
In support of this position and the EU's nonproliferation
objectives, we hereby offer the following information
concerning similar efforts on our part. The following
entities and individuals associated with North Korea's
proliferation program could be relevant targets for
designation under Common Position 2009/573/CFSP.
EU designation of these entities and individuals is
consistent with United Nations Security Council (UNSCR) 1718
obligations. That resolution requires member states to
freeze the funds of, and deny financial resources to, both
UN-designated entities and persons and persons or entities
acting on their behalf or at their direction. Such
designations would also be consistent with the call in UNSCR
1874 to deny financial services that could contribute to
North Korea's WMD programs.
1.Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation
Established: July 11, 2000
Address: Jungson-dong, Sunri Street, Central District,
Pyongyang, DPRK
Tel: 850-2-3818678
Fax: 850-2-3814410
SWIFT/BIC: KKBC KPPY
On August 11, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury
designated under U.S. Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 the North
Korean entity the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation
(Kwangson). E.O. 13382, issued on June 28, 2005, is an
authority aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of
weapons of mass destruction and their supporters, and at
isolating them from the U.S. financial and commercial
systems. Designations under E.O. 13382 prohibit all
transactions between the designees and any U.S. person, and
freeze any assets that the designees may have under U.S.
jurisdiction. Kwangson was designated under E.O. 13382 for
providing financial services in support of Tanchon Commercial
Bank (Tanchon) and a subordinate of the Korea Ryonbong
General Corporation (Ryonbong),both of which have been
designated by the UNSCR 1718 Committee for their involvement
in North Korean WMD proliferation activities.
Additional information related to Kwangson's links to North
Korean entities designated by the UNSCR 1718 Committee for
their involvement in North Korean nuclear-related, other
WMD-related, or ballistic missile-related activities includes:
-- Tanchon. Tanchon is the financial arm of North Korea's
Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) and has
played a key role in financing the sale of ballistic
missiles. Since 2008, Tanchon has been utilizing Kwangson to
facilitate funds transfers likely amounting to millions of
dollars, including transfers involving KOMID-related funds
from Burma to China in 2009. KOMID has also been designated
by the UNSCR 1718 Committee.
-- Ryonbong. Ryonbong specializes in the acquisition of
materiel for the North Korean defense industry and provides
support to the DPRK's military-related sales. In the first
half of the decade, Ryonbong was looking to purchase
hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB),carboxyl-terminated
polybutadiene (CTPB),and butyral film. All of this materiel
is controlled under the common export policy guidelines of
the 34-member Missile Technology Control Regime (MCTR).
Korea Hyoksin Trading Corporation, a Ryonbong subsidiary,
sought to use Kwangson in connection with a purchase of
dual-use equipment in 2008. Hyoksin was designated by the
UN's 1718 Sanctions Committee in July 2009.
2. Amroggang Development Bank
Established: May 25, 2006
Tongan-dong
Pyongyang, DRPK
SWIFT/BIC: ADBK KPPY
On October 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury
designated Amroggang Development Bank (Amroggang) as a
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proliferator of WMD under E.O. 13382 for being owned or
controlled by North Korea's Tanchon Commercial Bank.
Amroggang, which was established in 2006, is a
Tanchon-related company managed by Tanchon officials.
Tanchon, the financial arm of the U.S.- and UN-designated
Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),plays a role in
financing KOMID's sales of ballistic missiles and has also
been involved in ballistic missile transactions from KOMID to
Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG),the U.S.- and
UN-designated Iranian organization responsible for developing
liquid-fuelled ballistic missiles. KOMID is North Korea's
premiere arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment
related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons.
3. Kim Tong-myo'ng
A.K.A.: Kim Chin-so'k; Kim Jin Sok
DOB: 1964
Nationality: North Korean
C/O Tanchon Commercial Bank
Saemul 1-Dong, Pyongchon District
Pyongyang, DPRK
A North Korean individual Kim Tong-myo'ng was also designated
under E.O. 13382 along with Amroggang Development Bank for
acting on behalf of Tanchon. Kim Tong-myo'ng has held
various positions within Tanchon since at least 2002 and is
currently Tanchon's President. He has also played a role in
managing Amroggang's affairs.
4. Alex H.T. Tsai
AKA: Hsein Tai Tsai/DOB: August 8, 1945/ POB: Tainan,
Taiwan/Passport Number: 131134049 (Taiwan).
The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Alex Tsai on
January 16, 2009, under E.O. 13382 for providing, or
attempting to provide, financial, technological or other
support for, or goods or services in support of, the Korea
Mining Development Corporation (KOMID). Tsai has been
supplying goods with weapons production capabilities to KOMID
and its subordinates since the late 1990s, and he has been
involved in shipping items to North Korea that could be used
to support North Korea's advanced weapons program. On June
19, 2008, Tsai was indicted by Taiwan's Taipei District
Prosecutors Office for forging shipping invoices and
illegally shipping restricted materials to North Korea.
5. Global Interface Company/Trans Merits Co. Ltd.
Formerly Known As: Trans Scientific Corp.
Address: 9F-1, No. 22, Shin Yi Road, Sec 2
Taipei, Taiwan
Alternate Address: 1st Floor, No. 49, Lane 280, Kwang Fu S.
Road
Taipei, Taiwan
Business Registration Number: 16316976 Taiwan
Global Interface Company was designated on January 16, 2009,
under E.O. 13382 for being owned or controlled by Tsai, who
is the shareholder of the company and acts as its president.
Tsai is also the general manager of Trans Merits Co. Ltd., a
subsidiary of Global Interface Company Inc. that has been
designated for being and owned or controlled by Global
Interface Company Inc.
6. Lu-chi Su
AKA: Lu-Chi Tsai Su/DOB: February 7, 1950/Alt DOB: November
1950/POB: Yun Lin Hsien, Taiwan/Passport Number: 210215095
(Taiwan).
Alex Tsai's wife, Lu-chi Su, was designated on January 16,
2009 under E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act on
behalf of, directly or indirectly, Trans Merits Co. Ltd.
Lu-chi Su is an officer of Global Interface Company Inc. and
Transmerits Co. Ltd and is directly involved in the
companies' operations.
7. Kohas AG
Kohas AG, Route des Arsenaux 15, Fribourg, FR 1700,
Switzerland; C.R. No. CH-217.0.135.719-4.
On March 30, 2006, Kohas AG was designated by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury under E.O. 13382. Kohas AG is an
industrial supply wholesaler located in Switzerland that was
named for its ties to Korea Ryonbong General Corporation.
Nearly half of Kohas AG's shares are owned by a subsidiary of
Korea Ryonbong General Corporation known as Korea Ryongwang
Trading Corporation. Kohas AG acts as a technology broker in
Europe for the North Korean military and has procured goods
with weapons-related applications.
8. Jakob Steiger
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c/o Kohas AG, Fribourg, FR, Switzerland; DOB 27 April 1941;
POB Alstatten, SG, Switzerland
Jakob Steiger, a Swiss national, is the president of Kohas AG
and owns the remainder of the company's shares. He was
designated on March 30, 2006 along with Kohas AG under E.O.
13382. Kohas AG and Jakob Steiger have been involved in
activities of proliferation concern on behalf of North Korea
since the company's founding in the late 1980s.
Subsidiaries of KOMID and Korea Ryonbong General Corporation
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on October 21, 2005,
designated eight North Korean entities engaged in
proliferation-related transactions. North Korean
proliferators of WMD often rely on front companies to mask
their illicit activities. Their direct associations meet the
criteria for designation because the entities are owned or
controlled by, or act or purport to act for or on behalf of,
KOMID or Ryongbong General Corporation.
KOMID
9. Hesong Trading Corporation
Pyongyang, North Korea
10. Tosong Technology Trading Corporation
Pyongyang, North Korea
Ryongbong
11. Korea Complex Equipment Import Corporation
Rakwan-dong, Pothonggand District, Pyongyang, North Korea
12. Korea International Chemical Joint Venture Company
A.K.A.: CHOSON INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL JOINT OPERATION COMPANY
CHOSUN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS JOINT OPERATION COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL JOINT VENTURE COMPANY
Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea
Man gyongdae-kuyok, Pyongyang, North Korea
Mangyungdae-gu, Pyongyang, North Korea
13. Korea Kwangson Trading Corporation
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea
14. Korea Pugang Trading Corporation
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea
15. Korea Ryongwang Trading Corporation
A.K.A.: KOREA RYENGWANG TRADING CORPORATION
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea
16. Korea Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation
A.K.A.: CHOSUN YUNHA MACHINERY JOINT OPERATION COMPANY
A.K.A.: KOREA RYENHA MACHINERY J/V CORPORATION
A.K.A.: RYONHA MACHINERY JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION
Central District, Pyongyang, North Korea
Mangungdae-gu, Pyongyang, North Korea
Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, North Korea
Designation of all of these entities and individuals is
consistent with paragraph 18 of UNSCR 1874 and the
obligations in paragraph 8(d) of UNSCR 1718.
Specifically, in UNSCR 1718, paragraph 8(d),the Security
Council decided that Member States "shall, in accordance with
their respective legal processes, freeze immediately the
funds, other financial assets and economic resources which
are on their territories at the date of the adoption of this
resolution or at any time thereafter, that are owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the persons or
entities designated by the Committee or by the Security
Council as being engaged
in or providing support for, including through other illicit
means, DPRK's nuclear-related, other weapons of mass
destruction-related and ballistic missile related programs,
or by persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their
direction, and ensure that any funds, financial assets or
economic resources are prevented from being made available by
their nationals or by any persons or entities within their
territories, to or for the benefit of such persons or
entities."
UNSCR 1874 paragraph 18 also "calls upon Member States... to
prevent the provision of financial services or the transfer
to, through, or from their territory, or to or by
their nationals or entities organized under their laws
(including branches abroad),or persons or financial
institutions in their territory, of any financial or other
assets or resources that could contribute to the DPRK's
nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related, or other weapons
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of mass destruction-related programs or activities, including
by freezing any financial or other assets or resources on
their territories or that hereafter come within their
territories, or that are subject to their jurisdiction or
that hereafter become subject to their jurisdiction, that are
associated with such programs or activities and applying
enhanced monitoring to prevent all such transactions in
accordance with their national authorities and legislation."
The United States Government greatly appreciates your
government's dedicated efforts in support of the
international community's shared non-proliferation goals.
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8. (U) Department thanks Posts for their assistance.
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