Supplier: Changgwang Sinyong Corporation
| Exporting Country: |
| North Korea |
| Company/Individual: |
| Changgwang Sinyong Corporation |
| Also Known As: |
Korea Mining Development Trading Bureau (KOMID) |
| Program: |
| Missile |
| Date of Iran-related Activity: |
| Since 1999 |
| Address: |
Botonggang District, Pyongyang |
| Phone Number: |
| 42888, 45882 |
| Text: |
Parent company of North Korea's Hesong Trading Corporation and Tosong Technology Trading Corporation; sanctioned (together with Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) and Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG)) by the United States on September 26, 2007 for engaging in proliferation activities, imposing the following restrictions: under Executive Order 12938, no U.S. government procurement from or assistance to, and no imports into the United States from, the entity or its subunits and successors for two years, and under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), no exports from the United States of (or re-exports of U.S.-origin) defense articles and defense services, and no temporary imports of defense articles and defense services destined for the entity, for two years; listed by the Japanese government in 2007 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to missiles and biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons; sanctioned (with all successors, sub-units, or subsidiaries) by the United States on December 28, 2006, under the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act, which provides for penalties against foreign persons for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran since January 1, 1999, or the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since January 1, 2005, of equipment and technology controlled under multilateral export control lists or otherwise having the potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction or cruise or ballistic missile systems; the sanctions apply for two years as follows: U.S. government barred from procuring from, contracting with, or providing assistance to the entity, U.S. government sales to the entity of any item on the United States Munitions List prohibited, sales to the entity of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services under the U.S. Arms Export Control Act terminated, no new individual licenses granted for the transfer to the entity of items the export of which is controlled under the U.S. Export Administration Act of 1979 or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, and any existing such licenses suspended; sanctioned by the Japanese government on September 19, 2006 under Japan's Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law, targeting remittances and transfers of financial assets to North Korea; sanctioned by the Australian government on September 19, 2006 under its Banking (Reserve Exchange) Regulations 1959, prohibiting the transfer of funds or payments to, by the order of, or on behalf of a sanctioned entity without the prior approval of the Reserve Bank of Australia; sanctioned (with all successors, sub-units, or subsidiaries) by the United States on July 28, 2006, under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, which provides for penalties against foreign persons for the transfer to Iran since January 1, 1999, of equipment and technology controlled under multilateral export control lists or otherwise having the potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction or cruise or ballistic missile systems; listed as an entity of concern for arms proliferation in an early warning document distributed by the German government to industry in July 2005; added in June 2005 to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury, pursuant to its designation by the June 2005 U.S. Executive Order 13382, which targeted those who engage in or support the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems, and which froze all Korean Mining Development Trading Corporation assets held in the United States or by U.S. persons and organizations, thereby prohibiting any transactions involving these assets; sanctioned (with all successors, sub-units, or subsidiaries) by the United States on December 1, 2004, under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, for transferring to Iran equipment and/or technology of proliferation significance since January 1, 1999, reportedly in the latter half of 2003; sanctioned (with all successors, sub-units, or subsidiaries) by the United States on September 23, 2004 and April 1, 2004, under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, for transferring to Iran equipment and/or technology of proliferation significance since January 1, 1999; sanctioned by the United States in June 2003 for engaging in proliferation activities with Iran; sanctioned by the United States in June 2001 for engaging in proliferation activities with Iran; sanctioned by the United States in January 2001 for engaging in proliferation activities with Iran; sanctioned by the United States in April 2000 for engaging in missile technology proliferation activities with Iran; reportedly provided Iran with 12 missile engines in November 1999; reportedly, according to U.S. intelligence officials, the missile engines provided to Iran were the same as those used in the Nodong medium-range missile; Iran will reportedly use the engines in its Shahab medium-range missile; reportedly described by a U.S. government official as the "main marketing entity for the North Korean military." |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 12/16/2004 |