Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- GHR0049
- OFSI group ID
- 13900
- 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 prison camps in the DPRK, the Ministry of People’s Security Correctional Bureau is involved in the murder, torture and subjection to forced labour of people held in those camps.
Other information
- No details regarding the Head of MPS Correctional Bureau are available. The Minister of People’s Security, who we understand to have been Kim Jong Ho since December 2019 (although DPRK sources have not confirmed he still holds that position), is assumed to have responsibility for MPS Correctional Bureau. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Addresses
- Lines: Pyongyang
Parent companies
- Is the Parent company
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