Namchongang Trading Corporation(Korean: 남천강무역) (also known as Namhung Trading Corporation or Namhung)[1] is a North Korean "trading company subordinate to the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (GBAE)".[2][3]

According to US officials, it is part of North Korea's "attempts to export its nuclear and long-range missile technologies.[2] These include "a direct role in helping Syria start construction of a nuclear reactor near the Euphrates River that Israeli jets destroyed in 2007" and "Myanmar’s arms industry", and "importing centrifuge equipment that North Korea is using to develop a uranium-enrichment capability".[2]

According to UN officials, it was "involved in the procurement of Japanese origin vacuum pumps that were identified at a DPRK nuclear facility, as well as nuclear-related procurement".[4]

At one time, Yun Ho Jin, who was a former senior North Korea diplomat who served at Pyongyang's mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, was its leader.[2]

Its headquarters are at Chilgol, Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, DPRK.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Additional Designation of North Korean Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 13382". US Treasury. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "U.S. Teasury Goes After North Korea's Proliferation Funds". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Solomon, Jay (2 July 2009). "U.S. Issues Sanctions To Press North Korea". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF REASONS FOR LISTING - KPe.004 - NAMCHONGANG TRADING CORPORATION". United Nations. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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