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HONG Sung-Mu

HONG Sung Mu

DOB: 1.1.1942

Gender: male

Vice Director of the Munitions Industry Department (MID). The MID - designated by the UN Security Council on 2 March 2016 - is involved in key aspects of the DPRK’s missile programme. The MID is responsible for overseeing the development of the DPRK’s ballistic missiles, including research and development programmes. As such, Hong is responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear arms-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes. He witnessed the launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on 28 November 2017.

He participated in a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Korean Workers’ Party in July 2020 dedicated to "deterrence from war", a euphemism used to refer to the DPRK nuclear programme. He was re-elected to Party Central Committee in January 2021. In March 2023, he was photographed with Kim Jong Un inspecting purported nuclear warheads ready for mounting on ballistic missiles, and in September 2024, he was photographed with Kim Jong Un inspecting a DPRK uranium enrichment facility.

 

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Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre

 

Facilities capable of producing fissile material for military uses, including a 5MW (e) reactor, a plutonium reprocessing facility (radio-chemical laboratory), a Light Water Reactor (LWR) and a reported uranium enrichment facility. The Centre is maintained by the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (entity designated by the UNSC, 16.7.2009). In June 2024, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that they had observed the intermittent discharge of water from the cooling system of the LWR at Yongbyon since December 2023, consistent with the operation of the LWR. The IAEA also detected ongoing indications of operation of the 5MW(e) reactor and of the reported centrifuge enrichment facility. The UN Panel of Experts, in its March 2024 report, also detected significant ongoing activity at Yongbyon. Satellite imagery taken throughout 2025 confirmed continued operations and the completion of several new construction projects.

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Maritime Administrative Bureau

a.k.a. Maritime Administration of DPR Korea

a.k.a. DPRK National Maritime Supervision Bureau

Address: Ryonhwa-2Dong, Central District, Pyongyang, DPRK

PO Box 416

Telephone: 850-2-18111 Ex 8059

Fax: 850 2 381 4410

Email: mab@silibank.net.kp

Website: www.ma.gov.kp

E-Mail: mab@silibank.net.kp

Webseite: www.ma.gov.kp

The Maritime Administrative Bureau has assisted in the evasion of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council including by renaming and re-registering assets of designated entities and providing false documentation to vessels subject to United Nations sanctions.

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Korea Paekho Trading Corporation

(Alias: Joson Paekho Muyok Hoesa)

Address: Chongryu 3-dong, Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Paekho Trading Corporation is an art company involved in constructing statues overseas, in exporting artwork statues produced by Paekho Art Studio, and facilitates illicit labour and access to international financial systems. It specifically targets development grants and loans, as well as foreign-direct investment earmarked for municipal projects. It is, thereby, engaged in the evasion of sanctions and responsible for supporting financially the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic programmes. In July 2024, the company was seen participating in a trade fair of DPRK products in Vladivostok, Russia, and in November 2024, it was seen participating in the 16th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair.