Kim Yong Chol

Kim Yong Chol is a KOMID Representative in Iran and an official of the North Korean Government

Status:Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation

Risk Level:99%

May harm your business future. Persons or entities that engage in transactions with this entity will be exposed to sanctions or subject to an enforcement action.

Working with this entity means supporting Iranian Regime, Regime Terrorist Activities & development of WMD

Info:
Kim Yong Chol is a KOMID Representative in Iran and an official of the North Korean Government;

A UN Panel of Experts report published in March 2021 claims that three Iranian individuals and seven North Korean officials were involved in a gold and cash smuggling operation based in the United Arab Emirates. Several of the North Korean officials were previously tied to Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID), a DPRK state-owned enterprise sanctioned by the UN for proliferating weapons of mass destruction;

A 2019 UN report discussing the same operation alleges that Kim Yong Chol and Jang Jong Son, both DPRK diplomats designated as KOMID representatives, took more than 282 flights in 2015 and 2016, mostly via Emirates Airlines, between Tehran and Dubai airports. The report further describes the diplomats’ quick return flights to Tehran within hours of arriving in Dubai, which is a common practice of cash couriers;

Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program

Also Known As:
Kim, Yong-Chol
Kim, Young-Cheol
Kim, Young-Chol
Kim, Young-Chul

Born:
1947

POB:
Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea

Country:
North Korea

Address:
Iran

Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 1/2/2015 pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) authorizing the imposition of sanctions against the Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea;