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Kyongchol Jo

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Kyongchol Jo is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	JO, Kyong-Chol · Jo Kyong-chol · Kyong Chol JO · Kyong-Chol JO · Kyongchol JO · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cho Kyong-chol · JO Kyong Chol · Jo Kyong Chol · Kyo'ng-ch'o'l Cho · Kyong Chol Jo · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1944 · 1945				[sources]
Place of birth	Korea, North				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
First name	Gyeong-cheol · Kyo'ng-ch'o'l · Kyong · Kyong Chol · Kyong-Chol · 1 more...				[sources]
Last name	Cho · JO · Jo				[sources]
Second name	Chol				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12616566				[sources]
Position	DPRK Director of Military Security Command · Director of the Military Security Command · General in the Korean People’s Army · General in the Korean People’s Army. Appointed as a member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea in June 2022. Director of the Military Security Command. · Général dans l'armée populaire de Corée · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-08	Last processed	2024-11-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Général de l’armée populaire de Corée. En juin 2022, nommé membre de la Commission militaire centrale du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, organe essentiel pour les questions de défense nationale en RPDC. Directeur du commandement de la sécurité militaire. À ce titre, responsable, sous forme d’appui ou d’encouragement, des programmes de la RPDC en rapport avec les armes nucléaires, les missiles balistiques ou d’autres armes de destruction massive. A accompagné Kim Jong Un au plus grand exercice de tir d’artillerie à longue portée jamais organisé. Réélu au comité central du Parti en janvier 2021.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-11-15

North Korean general

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Supreme People's Assembly	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2020-12-31	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	PRK	2023-11-15	-
Federal Public Service Finance	PRK	2023-11-15	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2017/1509 du 30/08/2017- (UE Corée du Nord - Règlement (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2020/1129 du 30/07/2020 (UE Corée du Nord - Règlement (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2021/1300 du 05/08/2021 (UE Corée du Nord - Règlement (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2022/1331 du 28/07/2022 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · 1 more...	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,761

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

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

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,553

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

Monaco · Monaco

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,850

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

United States · OFAC

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories426,233

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

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

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,356

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,251

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

French National Asset Freezing System5,112

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,658

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

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

Wikidata376,257

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: eu-fsf-eu-4175-89 · mc-freezes-f6341e4c5800d5adb43bd6b45a21e1b7b4ff2c8e · gb-fcdo-dpr0039 · ofac-23090 · NK-NsUBtVhfSJ5X3ADicu2joM · gb-hmt-13360 · eu-tb-logical-108631 · NK-oHXszUr2MYfUa2MJRLS9VD · fr-ga-2476

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