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Kwang Chol Ro

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Kwang Chol Ro is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Kwang Chol Ro · RO, Kwang Chol · Ro Kwang Chol · 광철 노				[sources]
Weak alias	Gwang Chol Ro · Kwang Chol No				[sources]
Birth date	1958-08-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Nampo, Pyongannam-Do, North Korea				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Description	North Korean scientist. Published in the Kim Il Sung University academic journal Vol. 66, No. 2, 2020.				[sources]
First name	Kwang Chol · 광철				[sources]
Last name	Ro · 노				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`ZA53NMHRVF45`				[sources]
Position	Minister of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces				[sources]
Source link	home.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-29	Last processed	2025-12-29	First seen	2023-08-08

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Documents
Document	Date
Treasury Sanctions Key Facilitators Behind North Korea’s Illicit Financial Activities and Military Support to Russia	2024-12-16

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Kim Il Sung University	Associated (unconfirmed)	-	-

Data sources

DPRK Reports5,501

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,556

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United States · GSA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,593

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

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,442

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United States · ITA

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US OFAC Press Releases4,714

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External dataset · United States · OFAC

Source data IDs: ofac-pr-a78be4007c3bfd618a3e1e638b5a5927cd252233 · ofac-52116 · usgsa-s4mrvjrq1 · kprusi-646b399e63c068ea084435950f4353996ba14509

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