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The Nuclear Weapons Institute

Sanction-linked entity

The Nuclear Weapons Institute is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Company				[sources]
Name	Nuclear Weapons Institute of the Munitions Industry Department · The Nuclear Weapons Institute				[sources]
Alias	Nuclear Weapons Institute				[sources]
Incorporation date	not available				[sources]
Jurisdiction	not available				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Description	The Nuclear Weapons Institute is engaged in the nuclear programme of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and is led by Ri Hong Sop. It is subordinate to the Munitions Industry Department (KPe.028).				[sources]
Registration number	not available				[sources]
Source link	www.nknews.org				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-08	Last processed	2026-01-23	First seen	2023-04-20

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Munitions Industry Department Debarred entity · Export controlled · Sanctioned entity · Counter-sanctioned entity	The Nuclear Weapons Institute is a unit of the Munitions Industry Department	-	-

Members
Member	Role	Start date	End date
Kang Kyong Ho	Deputy Head	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Munitions Industry Department Debarred entity · Export controlled · Sanctioned entity · Counter-sanctioned entity	-	-	-

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,320

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

DPRK Reports5,501

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,084

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

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Graph-based entity tagging81,630

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: gb-hmt-named-the-nuclear-weapons-institute · gb-fcdo-named-the-nuclear-weapons-institute · kprusi-e3c792ca09c31d33636502a2b13e2d0a5e5e425d

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