Wednesday, December 27, 2017
The following entities are engaged in or providing support for, including through other illicit means, the DPRK's nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic missile-related programs, or are persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction:
(intelligence info gathering)
1) KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION
(a.k.a. CHANGGWANG SINYONG CORPORATION; a.k.a. EXTERNAL
TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORPORATION; a.k.a. DPRKN MINING
DEVELOPMENT TRADING CORPORATION; a.k.a. &KOMID8). Central
District, Pyongyang, DPRK. The Korea Mining Development
Trading Corporation (KOMID) is the DPRK,s primary arms
dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to
ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. KOMID
offices are located in multiple countries and facilitate
weapons sales while seeking new customers for its
weapons.
2) KOREA RYONBONG GENERAL CORPORATION (a.k.a. KOREA
YONBONG GENERAL CORPORATION; f.k.a. LYONGAKSAN GENERAL
TRADING CORPORATION, Pot,onggang District, Pyongyang,
DPRK; Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, DPRK).
The DPRK defense conglomerate Korea Ryonbong General
Corporation specializes in acquisition for DPRK defense
industries and support to that country,s military-related
sales. An English-language DPRK trade journal (Foreign
Trade of the DPRK), has carried advertisements from
International Chemical, a subsidiary of Korea Ryonbong
General Corporation, offering ammonium diuranate (ADU), a
processed form of yellowcake, for sale on the
international market.
3) TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK, f.k.a. CHANGGWANG
CREDIT BANK; f.k.a., KOREA CHANGGWANG CREDIT BANK. Saemul
1-Dong Pyongchon District, Pyongyang, DPRK. Tanchon
Commercial Bank, headquartered in Pyongyang, inherited
from the Korea Changgwang Credit Bank Corporation (KCCBC)
the role as the main DPRK financial agent for sales of
conventional arms, ballistic missiles, and good related to
the assembly and manufacture of such weapons. Since the
late 1980s, Tanchon,s predecessor, KCCBC, collected
revenue from weapons-related sales that were concentrated
in a handful of countries mainly located in the Mid-East
and several African states. These revenues provide DPRK
with a significant portion of its export earnings and
financially aid DPRK,s own development of nuclear-related,
other weapons of mass destruction-related and ballistic
missile-related programs and arms-related purchases.
4) HESONG TRADING CORPORATION. Pyongyang, DPRK.
Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) is the parent
company of Hesong Trading Corporation.
5) KOREA COMPLEX EQUIPMENT IMPORT CORPORATION.
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea
Ryonbong General Corporation is the parent company of
Korea Complex Equipment Import Corporation.
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea
Ryonbong General Corporation is the parent company of
Korea Complex Equipment Import Corporation.
6) KOREA INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL JOINT VENTURE
COMPANY. a.k.a. CHOSON INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS JOINT
OPERATION COMPANY; a.k.a. CHOSUN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS
JOINT OPERATION COMPANY; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL
JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION. Hamhung, South Hamgyong
Province, DPRK; Man gyongdae-kuyok, Pyongyang, DPRK;
Mangyungdae-gu, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea Ryonbong General
Corporation is the parent company of Korea International
Chemical Joint Venture Company.
COMPANY. a.k.a. CHOSON INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS JOINT
OPERATION COMPANY; a.k.a. CHOSUN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS
JOINT OPERATION COMPANY; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL
JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION. Hamhung, South Hamgyong
Province, DPRK; Man gyongdae-kuyok, Pyongyang, DPRK;
Mangyungdae-gu, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea Ryonbong General
Corporation is the parent company of Korea International
Chemical Joint Venture Company.
7) KOREA KWANGSONG TRADING CORPORATION.
Rakwon-dong, Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea
Ryonbong General Corporation is the parent company of
Korea Kwangsong Trading Corporation.
8) KOREA PUGANG TRADING CORPORATION. Rakwon-dong,
Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea Ryonbong
General Corporation is the parent company of Korea Pugang
Trading Corporation.
9) KOREA RYONGWANG TRADING CORPORATION. a.k.a.
KOREA RYENGWANG TRADING CORPORATION Rakwon-dong,
Pothonggang District, Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea Ryonbong
General Corporation is the parent company of Korea
Ryongwang Trading Corporation.
10) KOREA RYONHA MACHINERY JOINT VENTURE
CORPORATION. a.k.a. CHOSUN YUNHA MACHINERY JOINT OPERATION
COMPANY; a.k.a. KOREA RYENHA MACHINERY J/V CORPORATION;
a.k.a. RYONHA MACHINERY JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION.
Central District, Pyongyang, DPRK; Mangungdae-gu,
Pyongyang, DPRK; Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, DPRK.
Korea Ryonbong General Corporation is the parent company
of Korea Ryonha Machinery Joint Venture Corporation.
11) TOSONG TECHNOLOGY TRADING CORPORATION
Pyongyang, DPRK. Korea Mining Development Corporation
(KOMID) is the parent company of Tosong Technology Trading
Corporation.
"The acquisition of these items is especially critical for states like the DPRK that are attempting to advance their ballistic missile capability. -"Nitrogen stabilized duplex stainless steel (N-DSS) having all of the following characteristics: a) containing at least 18 percent by weight chromium and 4.5-8.0 percent by weight nickel; b) a ferritic-austenitic microstructure (also referred to as a two-phase microstructure) of which at least 10 percent is austenite by volume (according to ASTM E-1181-87 or national equivalents); and c) having any of the following forms: i. ingots or bars having a size of 100 mm or more in each dimension; ii. sheets having a width of 600 mm or more and a thickness of 5 mm or less; or iii. tubes having an outer dimension of 600 mm or more and a wall thickness of 5 mm or less." Nitrogen stabilized duplex stainless steels very nearly replicate the material strength requirements of titanium stabilized duplex stainless steel, which is MTCR controlled. This specialized steel is particularly useful in liquid propellant missile applications given its high strength, ease of welding and resistance to corrosive liquid propellant oxidizers such as inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA). -"Graphite designed or specified for use in EDM machines." Electrical discharge machining (EDM) graphite has the ability to significantly contribute to ballistic missile programs by virtue of its use in EDM machines producing complex and highly precise cuts such as required for liquid rocket engine components. This level of machining is not required in the manufacture of farming. -"5 mm or thinner stainless steel sheets." Stainless steel in thin sheet form is highly sought after by some ballistic missile programs of concern for rocket motor casings and pressure vessels. -"Para-aramid fiber (Kevlar and other Kevlar-like), filament and tape." Para-aramid fibers such as Kevlar and other Kevlar-like filaments and tapes are usable in the fabrication of solid propellant rocket motor cases, rocket motor nozzles and nozzle extensions, propellant tanks, nose tips, and missile airframe and warhead structures. -"Austenitic stainless steel." Certain austenitic steel alloys possess the strength and corrosion resistance to be employed in many liquid missile applications including propellant tanks and missile interstages. -"Aerospace-grade aluminum in bar and sheet form." Aerospace grade aluminum alloys with high strength and corrosion resistance are useful in liquid ballistic missile structures and airframes. -"Fine-grain spherical aluminum powder (500 micron and below, with purity equal to or greater than 75 percent)." Aluminum powder is used as a fuel substance in solid rocket motor propellant formulations. The use of spherical aluminum powder allows higher aluminum loading, with a corresponding increase in propellant performance. "
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