The database was launched in July 2023. It contains the laws, regulations and other measures related to sanctions against the DPRK, such as national legislations, measures for national enforcement and international agreements. The data provides information on the current DPRK sanctions regimes, including a short description of imposed measure, date of adoption, classification and link to its original source.
The dataset was curated by Yerim Seo, ONN Research Consultant, and reviewed by independent external experts. The database is updated as of 1 July 2023.
To prohibit any transaction by a US person or within the US that evades, avoids, or violates sanctions. To prohibit any conspiracy formed to violate sanctions.
To prohibit US persons from approving, financing, facilitating, or guaranteeing a transaction by a foreign person where the transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited by § 510.201(d), § 510.206, or § 510.209.
To prohibit a US financial institution from opening or maintaining a correspondent account or a payable-through account in the US for a foreign financial institution for which the opening or maintaining of such an account is prohibited.
To prohibit the opening or maintainng of a correspondent account or a payable-through account in the US, or to impose one or more strict conditions on the maintaining of a correspondent account or a payable-through account in the US, upon determining that a foreign financial institution has engaged in sanctionable activity described in § 510.210(b) or (c).
To prohibit new investment in the DPRK by a US person.
To prohibit vessels in which a foreign person has an interest that has called at a port in the DPRK or has engaged in a ship-to-ship transfer with such a vessel within the previous 180 days from calling at a port in the US.
To prohibit aircrafts in which a foreign person has an interest that has landed at a place in the DPRK from landing at a place in the US within 180 days after departure from the DPRK.
To prohibit US persons from registering a vessel in the DPRK, obtaining authorization for a vessel to fly the DPRK flag, or owning, leasing, operating, or insuring any vessel flagged by the DPRK.
To prohibit the exportation or reexportation from the US, or by a US person of any goods, services, or technology to the DPRK.
To prohibit the importation into the US of any goods, services, or technology from the DPRK.
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for the exportation of workers from the DPRK.
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for censorship.
To clarify the term "luxury goods" to include but is not limited to the items specified in Annex IV of this resolution.
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to have engaged in significant activities undermining cybersecurity on behalf of the DPRK government or the Workers’ Party of Korea.
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to have traded in metal, graphite, coal, or software, with the DPRK, where any revenue or goods received may benefit the DPRK government or the Workers’ Party of Korea, including DPRK's nuclear or ballistic missile programs.
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for an abuse or violation of human rights.
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person whose assets are blocked pursuant to § 510.201(a)(1) or § 510.201(a)(3)(iv).
To freeze all property and interests in property of any person determined to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of any person whose assets are blocked pursuant to § 510.201(a)(3)(i) or (ii).
To freeze all property and interests in property of the DPRK or a DPRK national that were blocked pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act as of June 16, 2000 and remained blocked on June 26, 2008.
To prohibit any person that is owned or controlled by a US financial institution and established or maintained outside the US from knowingly engaging in any transaction with the DPRK government or any designated person for the imposition of sanctions described in § 510.201(a)(3)(vii) through (ix) and under an applicable Executive order or an applicable UNSC resolution.
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