Notice2025-19259
Notice of 2024 Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters
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Published
October 2, 2025
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State Department
Abstract
The Department of State is publishing the names of one or more persons that were placed on the Department of Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) in 2024 based on the Department of State's determination, in consultation with other departments, as appropriate, that one or more applicable legal criteria of the Executive Order regarding blocking property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47893-47894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19259]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12849]
Notice of 2024 Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant to
the Executive Order Regarding Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters
SUMMARY: The Department of State is publishing the names of one or more
persons that were placed on the Department of Treasury's List of
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List)
administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) in 2024
based on the Department of State's determination, in consultation with
other departments, as appropriate, that one or more applicable legal
criteria of the Executive Order regarding blocking property of weapons
of mass destruction
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proliferators and their supporters were satisfied. All property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are
blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in
transactions with them.
DATES: This action was issued on December 16, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for applicable date(s) in 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Counterproliferation
Initiatives, Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Department of
State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: (202) 647 7594, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b4a484554586a65687f626465784b787f6a7f6e256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aaebe9e4f5f9cbc4c9dec3c5c4d9ead9decbdecf84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://www.treasury.gov/ofac">https://www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>). The announcement for this action is available on the Department
of State's website (<a href="https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-sanctions-on-entity-and-individuals-providing-procurement-support-to-the-dprks-unlawful-ballistic-missile-program/">https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-sanctions-on-entity-and-individuals-providing-procurement-support-to-the-dprks-unlawful-ballistic-missile-program/</a>).
Notice of Department of State Actions
On December 16, 2024, the Department of State, in consultation with
other departments, as appropriate, determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed
below.
Individuals
1. KIM, Yon Hui, Shenyang, China; DOB 01 Dec 1979; nationality
Korea, North; Gender Female; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea
Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions
Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial
Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214;
Passport 836238034 (Korea, North) (individual) [NPWMD].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13382 for having
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 the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, a foreign country of proliferation concern.
2. RIM, Ryong Nam, Shenyang, China; Pyongyang, Korea, North; DOB 05
Dec 1978; nationality Korea, North; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions
risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210;
Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S.
Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section
510.214; Passport 836238033 (Korea, North) (individual) [NPWMD].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13382 for having
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 the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, a foreign country of proliferation concern.
Entity
1. SECOND ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU
(a.k.a. KOREA KURYONGGANG TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. KOREA KUWOLSAN
TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. KOREA RYENHAP 2 TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a.
KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. RYUNG SENG TRADING
CORPORATION; a.k.a. RYUNGSENG TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. RYUNGSONG
TRADING CORPORATION), Pyongyang, Korea, North; Secondary sanctions
risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210;
Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S.
Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section
510.214; Target Type Government Entity [NPWMD].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13382 for having
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 the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, a foreign country of proliferation concern.
Renee P. Sonderman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control and
Nonproliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-19259 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
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