“Transport of sensitive items of mass destruction weapons… irrelevant to WMD”
It is the first time since 2016 that North Korean individuals have been subject to sanctions.
A new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with six launchers (six extensions) unveiled at a rowing ceremony in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Labor Party’s founding in October last year. /yunhap newsThe United States added Lim Ryong-nam, an official in North Korea’s nuclear development department, to the sanctions.
The US State Department announced in a federal official gazette on the 22nd (local time) that it has placed the North Korean military and industry official Lim Ryong-nam in China in accordance with the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA).
The Ministry of Military Industry is a department specializing in the North Korean Labor Party and is in charge of the military sector, including North Korea’s nuclear development. This is the first time since Kang Moon-gil in 2016 that an individual who is presumed to be a North Korean national has been subject to sanctions under the Nonproliferation Act.
In addition, the US State Department designated the Chinese subsidiary’Ningbo Bet Energy Technology’ and’Ningbo Zhongjun International Trade’ as sanctions.
The sanctions decision was made on the 13th, during the time of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The sanctions are effective for two years from the date of designation.
The Non-Proliferation Act is an individual involved in the transfer or acquisition of goods, services, and technology that may contribute to the development of missiles, chemicals, nuclear weapons, etc., multilateral export control goods, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and ballistic missiles to Iran in January 1999. And was created to sanction legal entities. Syria in 2005 and North Korea in 2006 were also included.
When sanctioned, contracts with the U.S. government, requests for assistance, and sale of munitions are prohibited. Export licenses are also suspended. According to the Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) of the United States, a State Department spokesman explained that individuals and corporations subject to the sanctions transferred items that were sensitive to the weapons of mass destruction proliferation program, but had nothing to do with North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]