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CHO YON CHUN

Politician · Sanctioned entity · Counter-sanctioned entity

CHO YON CHUN is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	CHO YON CHUN · CHO, Yon Chun · Cho Yon Chun · Cho Yon-jun · Jo Yon-jun · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cho Yon-jun · Cho Yŏn-chun · Cho Yŏnchun · Jo Yeon-jun · Jo Yon Jun · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1937-09-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Kowon County				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
Description	Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department (KPe.052), which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military.				[sources]
First name	CHO · Jo · Jo Yon Jun · Yon · Yon Chun · 2 more...				[sources]
Last name	CHO YON CHUN · Cho · Jo · YON CHUN · Yon Jun				[sources]
Middle name	Jun				[sources]
Second name	YON CHUN · يون تشون				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11727287				[sources]
Position	First Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department · Kore İşçi Partisi ve KDHC (Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti) ordusu için kilit personel atamalarını yöneten Organizasyon ve Rehberlik Bölümü Başkan Yardımcısı · Supreme People’s Assembly (member, 2014-) · Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department · Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung University				[sources]
Address	Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea · Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.nknews.org				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-11-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Vice-directeur du Département de l’organisation et de l’orientation, qui supervise les nominations aux postes clefs du Parti du travail et de l’armée de la RPDC.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Designation: Vice Director of the Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military.

— Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations, 2024-10-25

Adresse : République démocratique populaire de Corée

— Monaco National Fund Freezing List, 2024-08-14

North Korean politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	North Korea
北朝鮮	North Korea

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)	Vice Director	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Supreme People's Assembly	2014-03-09	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2017/1509 du 30/08/2017 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2022/1503 du 09/09/2022 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 02/06/2017 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 26/07/2022 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509)	-	-
United Nations Security Council	DPRK	2017-06-02	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Comitetul Consiliului de Securitate al ONU instituit prin Rezoluția 1718 (2006)	-	-
Ministry of Finance	北朝鮮に関連する国際連合安全保障理事会決議に基づく資産凍結等の措置の対象となる者（個人）	2017-06-09	-
UN Security Council	Resolution 2356 (2017)	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UN	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2017-06-02	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Financial Crimes Investigation Board	Asset freezes within the scope of Articles 3.A and 3.B of Law No. 7262, aimed at preventing the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.	-	-
Isreali Ministry of Finance	-	2018-03-12	-
Federal Public Service Finance	PRK	2022-09-13	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 18 May 2016 on measures against North Korea (SR 946.231.127.6), annexes 1 et 6	2017-06-02	-
Financial Intelligence Centre	-	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	PRK	2022-09-13	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UN	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2017-06-02	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	1718 (DPRK)	2022-08-03	-
State Finance Monitoring Service	РБ ООН (Комітет 1718 (2006))	2022-07-28	-

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions876

The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions.

South Africa · FIC

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist872

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · SFMS

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,238

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

UNSC

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Every Politician58,911

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD698

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List708

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations236

List of entities and individuals subject to sanctions under the Prevention of Distribution and Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction Law

Israel · Isreali Ministry of Finance

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,219

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

DPRK Reports5,540

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata377,203

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-c4d98e8d-209f-489a-bbf2-72c92e3518f5 · mc-freezes-b03999a93e840b2b6da1393a81b49dc02543ee9c · kprusi-2f8197b5afd1ee8b52cf0f821d78bcf0c8cba726 · NK-V6QoEAQEZGS7asaYaGDRz5 · eu-fsf-eu-4071-70 · zafic-672 · eu-tb-logical-112276 · au-dfat-3241-cho-yon-chun · md-terr-4e4254716397789694010eb98a9f5df47fcc1465 · NK-HrZXtn83GqtpKLYjMZw5qD · zafic-2099 · NK-L2nhFh55ZpezhJSVZv43DA · fr-ga-2443 · qa-nctc-6908581-cho-yon-chun · ofac-20124 · ch-seco-36416 · ua-sfms-1479 · ja-mof-0938e918019e0108130a4a1140c2abcbdc7665fb · gb-hmt-13472 · gb-fcdo-dpr0203 · ru-wmd-200-kpi-041 · md-terr-8d6abd0ba28d9a82d5f8502d60fca29ea83550cf · zafic-675-cho-yon-chun · unsc-6908581 · il-wmd-88c0c07210064f74acedda9f34ccf7899d3887d9 · NK-NcZuE6WJHkJMDGRHVSsAJp · tr-fcib-ce8d50480cc2150fca1c94f8cb4378a48d2437b8

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