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No Kwang-chol

Disqualified · Export controlled · Politician · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameKwang Chol NO · NO KWANG CHOL · NO KWANG-CHOL · No Kwang Chol · No Kwang-chol · 8 more...[sources]
AliasNO KWANG-CHOL · NO, Kwang Chol · No Kvan Chol · No Kwan-chol · No Kwang Chol · 4 more...[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthNampo · Nampo City · Nampo City, DPR Korea · Nampo City, KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityNorth Korea[sources]
CountryNorth Korea[sources]
CitizenshipNorth Korea[sources]
ClassificationNational government (unknown status)[sources]
Country of birthNorth Korea[sources]
First nameKwang Chol · 광철[sources]
Last nameNO KWANG CHOL · NO KWANG-CHOL · No · [sources]
Political associationWorkers’ Party of Korea[sources]
TitleGeneral[sources]
Wikidata IDQ12594098[sources]
PositionMinister of Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Minister of National Defence · Ministre de la défense de la République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC) · member of the Supreme People's Assembly · ministre de la défense de la République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC)[sources]
AddressKorea, North[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr[sources]
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Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2024-12-16)

Belgian Financial Sanctions,

Function: Minister of Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

No Kwang Chol is Minister of Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). In his position, he is directly involved in the military cooperation between DPRK and the Russian Federation, including the deployment of DPRK soldiers to the Russian Federation in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, No Kwang Chol is supporting actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

No Kwang Chol est le ministre de la défense de la République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC). En cette qualité, il participe directement à la coopération militaire entre la RPDC et la Fédération de Russie, y compris au déploiement de soldats de la RPDC vers la Fédération de Russie à l’appui de la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Par conséquent, No Kwang Chol apporte un soutien à des actions qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.

French National Asset Freezing System,

Disqualified

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors,

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

North Korean general, Minister of Defence

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,460

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,100

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,883

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures.

Monaco · Monaco

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,184

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

French National Asset Freezing System5,925

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,334

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

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,078

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions21,804

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,895

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,526

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,973

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

Belgian Financial Sanctions7,469

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons270,889

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,634

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: eu-tb-logical-171492 · gb-hmt-16818 · gb-fcdo-rus2455 · eu-fsf-eu-12580-1 · mc-freezes-2bec88fbf71c8057a0523f676d24d7a30a6dd5ba · be-fod-a80e6405caaa07ecf4dbc0c4080e070e060f8882 · ch-seco-86734 · ua-nsdc-31679-no-kvan-col · gb-coh-xh2s8betsximuszclfmy0ts8wia · fr-ga-7848 · tw-shtc-ad8d98c43cc33c9e217bc7aac08e0ad1199bf751 · eu-oj-1a33a8a8545727cc2ac05d50f03cd28242b247d3

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