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Jo Song Chol

Jo Song Chol is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jo Song Chol				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Description	Filed a patent application at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the production of Sodium Cyanide in November 2015 (published in December 2016). Sodium cyanide is a chemical weapons precursor (including of the nerve agent, tabun) that has been designated by the Security Council (see S/2006/853, p. 4, No. 143-33-9). Additionally, in its resolution 2270 (2016), the Council stated that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea shall abandon all chemical and biological weapons and weapons-related programmes and called upon the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to accede to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.				[sources]
Last change	2024-03-25	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-08-08

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Object	Role	Start date	End date
Taedonggang Patent & Trademark Law Office	Affiliated	-	-

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