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Choe Hwi

Sanction-linked entity

Choe Hwi is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Choe Hwi				[sources]
Other name	최휘				[sources]
Birth date	1954 · 1955				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Description	First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department (KPe.053), which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public.				[sources]
Source link	www.nknews.org				[sources]
Last change	2024-06-18	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2023-08-08

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
PROPAGANDA AND AGITATION DEPARTMENT (PAD)	First Vice Director	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
UN Security Council	Resolution 2356 (2017)	-	-

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