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Myong So

Export controlled · Sanctioned entity

Myong So is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Myong So · SO, Myong · So Myong · 명 서				[sources]
Other name	Semyan Semyonovich · Со Мен				[sources]
Birth date	1978-03-02				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea · Russia				[sources]
Description	Representative of the Foreign Trade Bank (KPe.047), who co-owns the DPRK-Russia joint venture company Epsilon Limited Trade Development. Mr. So reportedly facilitated financial transfers on behalf of designated Democratic People’s Republic of Korea banks and weapons trading entities, including the Second Academy of Natural Sciences (KPe.018).				[sources]
First name	Myong · 명				[sources]
Last name	So · 서				[sources]
Passport number	`927320285`				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`YRY8M2QJGN31`				[sources]
Position	Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea representative				[sources]
Address	VLADIVOSTOK, RUS · Vladivostok · Vladivostok Russia				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-21	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-11-30

Relationships

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

Address
Full address	Country
Vladivostok	Russia

Employers
Employer	Role	Start date	End date
Epsilon Limited Trade Development	Co-owner (49% of shares)	-	-
FOREIGN TRADE BANK OF THE D.P.R. OF KOREA Export controlled ·

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`927320285`	North Korea	-	-	-

Data sources

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,929

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Taiwan · MOEA

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,757

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States of America · GSA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,560

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

United States of America · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,959

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States of America · ITA

DPRK Reports5,505

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

Source data IDs: usgsa-s4mrrj1m2 · ofac-46448 · tw-shtc-f52049810e52c993665600c7c3915841e8992aa2 · kprusi-efd1a113710aa838b9d45d8f148d66027d44cecd

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