Entity screening

Country: KP

Address: Segori-dong, Gyongheung St. Potonggang District, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Daesong Bank is owned and controlled by Office 39 of the Korea Workers’ Party. SWIFT/BIC: KDBKKPPY

Country: KP

Program: DPRK

Profile: Singwang Economics and Trading General Corporation is a DPRK firm for trading in coal. DPRK generates a significant share of the money for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs by mining natural resources and selling those resources abroad.

Country: KP

Program: DPRK

Profile: Korea Foreign Technical Trade Center is a DPRK firm trading in coal. DPRK generates a significant share of the funds needed to finance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs by mining natural resources and selling those resources abroad.

Country: KP

Address: Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Korea Pugang Trading Corporation is owned by the Korea Ryonbong General Corporation, DPRK’s defense conglomerate specializing in acquisition for DPRK defense industries and support to Pyongyang’s military related sales.

Country: KP

Address: Hamhung; Man gyongdae-kuyok, Pyongyang; Mangyungdae-gu, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Korea International Chemical Joint Venture Company is a subsidiary of Korea Ryonbong General Corporation – DPRK’s defense conglomerate specializing in acquisition for DPRK defense industries and support to Pyongyang’s military related sales – and has engaged in proliferation-related transactions.

Country: CN

Address: Akara Building

Program: DPRK

Profile: DCB Finance Limited is a front company for Daedong Credit Bank (DCB), a listed entity.

Country: KP

Address: Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Korea Taesong Trading Company has acted on behalf of KOMID in dealings with Syria.

Country: KP

Address: Pulgan Gori Dong 1, Potonggang District, Pyongyang City

Program: DPRK

Profile: Korea Daesong General Trading Corporation is affiliated with Office 39 through minerals (gold) exports, metals, machinery, agricultural products, ginseng, jewelry, and light industry products.Telephone: +850-2-18111-8208. Fax: +850-2-381-4432. Email: daesong@star-co.net.kp.

Country: KP

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Kangbong Trading Corporation sold, supplied, transferred, or purchased, directly or indirectly, to or from the DPRK, metal, graphite, coal, or software, where revenue or goods received may benefit the Government of the DPRK or the Workers’ Party of Korea. The Kangbong Trading Corporation’s parent is the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces

Country: KP

Address: Haeun 2-dong, Pyogchon District, Pyongyang City/Mangyongdae

Program: DPRK

Profile: Korea Kumsan Trading Corporation is owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the General Bureau of Atomic Energy, which oversees the DPRK’s nuclear programme. Telephone: +850-2-18111-8550. Fax: +850-2-381-4410/4416. Email: mhs-ip@star-co.net.kp.

Country: KP

Address: Koryo Bank Building, Pulgun Street, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Koryo Bank operates in the financial services industry in the DPRK’s economy and is associated with Office 38 and Office 39 of the KWP

Country: KP

Address: Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People’s Army is in charge of all DPRK ballistic missile programmes and is responsible for SCUD and NODONG launches

Country: KP

Address: FTB Building, Jungsong-dong, Central District, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: 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. SWIFT/BIC: FTBDKPPY.

Country: KP

Address: Central District, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Korean National Insurance Company is a DPRK financial and insurance company and is affiliated with Office 39.

Country: KP

Address: Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Koryo Credit Development Bank operates in the financial services industry in the DPRK’s economy.

Country: KP

Address: Yanggakdo International Hotel, RYUS, Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies engaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the exportation of workers from the DPRK to other nations for construction-related activities including for statues and monuments to generate revenue for the Government of the DPRK or the Workers’ Party of Korea. The Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies has been reported to conduct business in countries in Africa and Southeast Asia including Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Benin, Cambodia, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Malaysia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia, Syria, Togo, and Zimbabwe.

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: Pyongyang

Program: DPRK

Profile: The Ministry of National Defence manages the general administrative and logistical needs of the Korean People’s Army.