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Ri Chol Nam

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ri Chol Nam				[sources]
Other name	리철남				[sources]
Birth date	1974-11-04				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	China · Cambodia · North Korea · Laos · Vietnam				[sources]
Description	North Korean overseas businessman. "Ri’s Cambodian residence visa expired in December 2019 and Cambodian authorities informed the Panel in January 2022 that they were seeking to arrest and deport Ri back to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea." "According to a Member State, Ri has been involved in potential weapons sales, as well as brokering sales of diamonds and gold, and in illegitimate financial activities". "Viet Nam replied that Ri had stayed in Viet Nam with a “service” (official) passport between April and June 2022 and departed for another South-east Asian country."				[sources]
Phone	+85516320399				[sources]
Address	Chukjen-1 Dong, Mankyongdae District, Pyongyang, North Korea				[sources]
Last change	2024-12-03	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-08-08

Associations
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Choe Song Ryong	Linked	-	-

Employers
Employer	Role	Start date	End date
Pyongyang Unhasu Co. Ltd.	Founder and Director	2016-04-27	2019-12-09

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`109120342`	North Korea	-	2019-02-22	2024-02-22

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

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