Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- GHR0048
- OFSI group ID
- 13899
- Designation type
- Entity
- Date designated
- 6 July 2020
- Last updated
- 9 April 2025
Regimes
- The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
Designation sources
- UK
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
- Director Disqualification Sanction
Official reasons
- As the entity responsible for running the DPRK's political prison camps, MSS Bureau 7 is involved in the widespread serious human rights violations committed against prisoners in those camps by camp guards and other DPRK officials. These violations include murder, torture and enslavement.
Other information
- No details regarding the Head of MSS Bureau 7 are available. The Minister of State Security, who we understand to have been Jong Kyong Thaek since 2017 (although DPRK sources have not confirmed he still holds that position), is assumed to have responsibility for MSS Bureau 7. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Addresses
- Lines: Pyongyang
Parent companies
- Is the Parent company
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