Additional Designation of North Korean Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 13382, 13872-13873 [2016-05847]

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13872-13873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05847]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9481]


Additional Designation of North Korean Entities Pursuant to 
Executive Order 13382

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Designation of the Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry, the 
Academy of National Defense Science, the National Aerospace Development 
Administration, Choe Chun Sik, and Kang Mun Kil Pursuant to E.O. 13382, 
and Additional Identifying Information Concerning the Designated Entity 
Namchongang Trading Corporation.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority in section 1(ii) of Executive Order 
13382, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators 
and Their Supporters'', the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control 
and International Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Attorney General, has determined that the North Korean 
entities Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry, Academy of National 
Defense Science, the National Aerospace Development Administration as 
well as the individuals Choe Chun Sik and Kang Mun Kil, have engaged, 
or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that have 
materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing 
to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of 
delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), 
including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
transport, transfer or use such items, by any person or foreign country 
of proliferation concern. The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control 
and International Security, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Attorney General, has also determined that the North 
Korean Namhung Trading Corporation is an alias of Namchongang Trading 
Corporation, which is designated pursuant to Executive Order 13382.

DATES: Effective Dates: The designation of and additional identifying 
information for the entities and individuals identified in this notice 
pursuant to Executive Order 13382 is effective upon publication of this 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of 
Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202-
647-5193.

Background

    On June 28, 2005, the President, invoking the authority, inter 
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 13382 (70 FR 38567, July 
1, 2005) (the ``Order''), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 
on June 30, 2005. In the Order the President took additional steps with 
respect to the national emergency described and declared in

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Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, regarding the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or 
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter 
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) 
The persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person 
determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant 
agencies, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or 
transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of 
materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of 
delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, 
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by 
any person or foreign country of proliferation concern; (3) any person 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, 
to have provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, 
technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of, 
any activity or transaction described in clause (2) above or any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the 
Order; and (4) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and 
other relevant agencies, to be owned or controlled by, or acting or 
purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any 
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
the Order.
    Information on the additional designees is as follows:

Name: National Aerospace Development Administration

 AKA: NADA
 Location: North Korea

Name: Academy of National Defense Science

 Location: Pyongyang, DPRK

Name: Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry

 AKA: MAEI
 Location: Haeun-2-dong, Pyongchon District, Pyongyang, DPRK

Name: Choe Chun Sik

 AKA: Ch'oe Ch'un Sik
 Identifiers: DOB: 12 October 1954; Nationality: DPRK

Name: Kang Mun Kil

 AKA: Jiang Wen-ji
 Passport: PS 472330208; Passport Date of Expiration: 4 July 
2017; Nationality: DPRK

Name: Namchongang Trading Corporation

 AKA: Namhung Trading Corporation
 AKA: Namhung
 Location: Chilgol, Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, DPRK

    Dated: March 1, 2016.
Rose Gottemoeller,
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department 
of State.
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