DPRK Reports

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

The DPRK Reports database contains structured information relating to the activities of entities that assist North Korea to develop prohibited weapons programmes and evade sanctions. The data is sourced from the United Nations Panel of Experts reports, from 2010 to 2023, as well as the associated UN sanctions resolutions.

It includes profiles of the persons, companies, organizations, and vessels that are mentioned in the reports, and contains information such as names, aliases, locations, contact details and sanction designation status. The database also records the relationships between entities and their involvement or relationship to specific events.

The objective of this database is to provide national authorities and private-sector institutions with information that can assist with sanctions implementation efforts such as due diligence and compliance.

The original data contains a rich set of source documents which we've excluded from the entity network we've imported into OpenSanctions.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total10,409
Searchable5,460
Entity types:
Companies2,277
People2,073
Vessels729
Organizations381
Countries:
138 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Korea Risk Group at RUSI (RUSI) · United Kingdom non-official source

Korea Risk Group provides primary and secondary data on North Korea that is unavailable anywhere else, and a host to research tools tailored for users within government, business, academia and journalism. It is hosted by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:dprk-reports.org
Source data:dprk-reports.org · JSON
Tags:target.kp · sector.maritime
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:
2026-10-02 17:29:05 · v. 20261002172905-ljb · change statistics...
Last change:

Bulk download 

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
data.jsonSource data20.49 MB
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities5.53 MB

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Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:

Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Epsilon Limited Trade DevelopmentCompanyRussia
Yong Beom CHAPersonNorth Korea
Hong Gil HanPersonNorth Korea · China
Chun Pom ChoePersonNorth Korea · China
Chol Ung NamPersonNorth Korea · China
Chol Ryong ChoePersonNorth Korea · China
Apple Inc.CompanyUnited States
Korea Mandal Credit BankCompanyNorth Korea
AN Se-HoPersonNorth Korea · Guinea
LLC CholsanCompanyRussia
Liaoning Hongbao Industry Development Co. Ltd. Liujing RestaurantCompany
Korea Green Industry Trading Company (Vladivostok Representative Office)CompanyRussia
Choe Song RyongPersonNorth Korea · China
NCU Industries Company Ltd.CompanyThailand
Liaoning Hongbao Industry Development Co. Ltd.CompanyChina
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