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Kyongchol Jo

Export controlled · Politician · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameJO, Kyong-Chol · Jo Kyong-chol · Kyong Chol JO · Kyong-Chol JO · Kyongchol Jo · 2 more...[sources]
Other nameCHO, Kyo'ng-ch'o'l · Cho Kyong-chol · Jo Kyong Chol · Kyo'ng-ch'o'l Cho · Kyong Chol Jo · 1 more...[sources]
Weak aliasチョ・ギョンチョル[sources]
Birth date · [sources]
Place of birthKorea, North[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityNorth Korea[sources]
CountryNorth Korea[sources]
CitizenshipNorth Korea[sources]
ClassificationNational government (current)[sources]
First nameKyo'ng-ch'o'l · Kyong · Kyong Chol · Kyong-Chol · Kyongchol[sources]
Last nameCho · Jo[sources]
Second nameChol[sources]
TitleGeneral[sources]
Wikidata IDQ12616566[sources]
PositionDPRK Director of Military Security Command · Directeur du commandement de la sécurité militaire · Director of the Military Security Command · General in the Korean People’s Army · General in the Korean People’s Army. Appointed as a Member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea in June 2022, which is a key body for national defence matters in the DPRK. Director of the Military Security Command. · 3 more...[sources]
AddressKorea, North[sources]
Source linkgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

Général de l’armée populaire de Corée. En juin 2022, nommé membre de la commission militaire centrale du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, organe essentiel pour les questions de défense nationale en RPDC. Directeur du commandement de la sécurité militaire. À ce titre, il est responsable, sous forme d’appui ou d’encouragement, des programmes de la RPDC en rapport avec les armes nucléaires, les missiles balistiques ou d’autres armes de destruction massive. Réélu au comité central du Parti en janvier 2021. A accompagné Kim Jong Un à des exercices d’artillerie à grande échelle en mars 2024.

French National Asset Freezing System,

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

North Korean general

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,635

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 List5,711

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,874

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 Sanctions6,601

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

Belgium · FOD

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,833

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

United States of America · GSA

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,685

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,039

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

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,182

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

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,598

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

Monaco · Monaco

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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

Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,454

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

United States of America · OFAC

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,188

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

External databases

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

Wikidata349,078

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

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,039

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source


Source data IDs: eu-oj-016d5af3602b9ab6f759ff6bad0751cb2ab5629a · ofac-23090 · mc-freezes-f6341e4c5800d5adb43bd6b45a21e1b7b4ff2c8e · eu-fsf-eu-4175-89 · usgsa-s4mr6hn54 · NK-oHXszUr2MYfUa2MJRLS9VD · gb-fcdo-dpr0039 · tw-shtc-098652b6d175a9a72b4301f3f95161d6aa5c3cf3 · eu-tb-logical-108631 · fr-ga-2476 · NK-NsUBtVhfSJ5X3ADicu2joM · gb-hmt-13360

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