Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Considering the fact that ballistic missile technology was used to launch the ‘satellite’”
The Japanese government announced on the 1st that it had imposed sanctions on four organizations and five individuals in connection with North Korea’s launch of a military reconnaissance satellite.
According to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, these sanctions against North Korea are an effort by major countries to contribute to international efforts for international peace aimed at resolving issues surrounding North Korea, taking into account the fact that the satellite was launched using ballistic missile technology. It is in accordance with the action.
To this end, the Japanese government held a cabinet meeting on this day to ‘prohibit those involved in North Korea’s nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile-related plans pursuant to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and other activities prohibited by United Nations Security Council resolutions related to North Korea. The agenda of ‘measures such as asset freeze’ was decided.
Organizations subject to Japan’s sanctions include the Russian corporation Intellect LLC, Slovakia’s Versor, China’s Dandong-based Air Koryo Trading, and North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau Third Bureau (Technical Reconnaissance Bureau). ) Kimsuky, known as an affiliated hacker organization, is included.
Individuals subject to sanctions include Jon Jin Yong, a North Korean national operating in Moscow, Russia, Sergey Mikhaylovich Kozlov, a Russian national, Ashot Mkrtychev (Slovak national), president of Versol, and Air Koryo. These are Ri Sok, a North Korean national who is the local representative of trading in Dandong, China, and Jong Yong Nam, a North Korean national residing in the Republic of Belarus.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that while the assets of sanctions targets will be frozen, capital transactions and payments with sanctioned individuals and organizations will be subject to a permit system.
Source: Donga
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