UKSL Sanctions designation

Chol-Hae Hyon

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
DPR0013
OFSI group ID
11030
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Korean People’s Army Marshal since April 2016. Former Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Armed Forces (military adviser to Kim Jong-Il). Elected Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee member in May 2016 at 7th Congress of Workers’ Party of Korea where WPK adopted a decision to continue the DPRK’s nuclear programme, although no longer Central Committee member since January 2021.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

  • Country: North Korea
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