Government Imposes Independent Sanctions on North Korea's ICBM Launch Including General Jong Kyong-taek, Director of the KPA General Political Bureau

The 10th Independent Sanctions on North Korea Since the Inauguration of the Yoon Administration

The government has imposed independent sanctions on Jeong Gyeong-taek, Director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean People's Army, and others in response to North Korea's launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

On the 14th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, "In response to North Korea's long-range ballistic missile launch, which threatens peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the international community, we have decided to designate four individuals and three organizations involved in North Korea's nuclear and missile development and funding as targets of independent sanctions against North Korea."

The government imposed independent sanctions on Jeong Gyeong-taek, Director of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean People's Army, and others on the 14th. (Source: Yonhap News)

This is the 10th independent sanction against North Korea since the inauguration of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. Accordingly, the number of individuals and organizations designated for independent sanctions against North Korea by the government has increased to 49 individuals and 50 organizations. The sanctioned targets include Director Jeong Gyeong-taek of the General Political Bureau, former Workers' Party Propaganda and Agitation Department head Park Gwang-ho, and four individuals including Park Hwa-song and Hwang Gil-su affiliated with Chosun Baekho Trade Democratic Congo Branch, as well as three organizations: Chilseong Trading Company, Chosun Baekho Trading Company, and Congo Aconde SARL.

Chilseong Trading Company is a North Korean-operated trading company that has engaged in transactions involving embargoed goods such as machinery. Chosun Baekho Trading Company is a subordinate organization of the North Korean Ministry of People's Armed Forces and has been involved since the 1980s in overseas export of sculptures and dispatch of North Korean workers in Africa and the Middle East, engaging in arts and construction projects. Congo Aconde SARL is a front company of Chosun Baekho Trading Company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is also understood to have been involved in the construction of sculptures.

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