{"id":"F2019L01572","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Continuing Effect Declaration and Designation Instrument 2019","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-designated-and-declared-persons-democratic-people-s-republic-of-korea-continuin","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440322,"registerId":"F2019L01572-fast-fetch-1775955998842","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Continuing Effect Declaration and Designation Instrument 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Continuing Effect Declaration and Designation Instrument 2019\n\nI, MARISE PAYNE, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following legislative instrument.\n\nDated 04 December 2019     \n\n \n\n \n\nMARISE PAYNE\n\nMinister for Foreign Affairs\n\nContents\n\n \n\n[1 Name](#_Toc26353831)\n\n[2 Commencement](#_Toc26353832)\n\n[3 Authority](#_Toc26353833)\n\n[4 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect](#_Toc26353834)\n\n[5 Designations to continue to have effect](#_Toc26353835)\n\n[6 Designations and declarations to have effect](#_Toc26353836)\n\n[7 Designations to have effect](#_Toc26353837)\n\n[8 Amendment of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012](#_Toc26353838)\n\n[Schedule 1 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect](#_Toc26353839)\n\n[Schedule 2 Designations and declarations to have effect](#_Toc26353840)\n\n[Schedule 3 Amendment](#_Toc26353841)\n\n \n\n\n\n\n1 Name\n\nThis Instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Continuing Effect Declaration and Designation Instrument 2019.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n \n\nThis Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Authority\n\n This Instrument is made under subregulations 6(1) and 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.\n\n4 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect\n\n For subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each of the persons listed in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 1:\n\n1.     is, or has been, associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program or missiles program; or\n2.     is assisting or has assisted, in the violation, or evasion, by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of: Resolution 825, 1540, 1695, 1718, 1874, 1887, 2087, 2094, 2270 or 2321 of the United Nations Security Council or a subsequent relevant resolution;\n\n\nand each person’s designation as a designated person and declaration as a declared person in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012 is declared to continue to have effect.\n\n5 Designations to continue to have effect\n\nFor subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each of the entities listed in an item in Part 2 of Schedule 1:\n\n1.     is, or has been, associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program or missiles program; or\n2.     is assisting or has assisted, in the violation, or evasion, by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of: Resolution 825, 1540, 1695, 1718, 1874, 1887, 2087, 2094, 2270 or 2321 of the United Nations Security Council or a subsequent relevant resolution;\n\n\nand each entity’s designation as a designated entity in Part 3 of Schedule 1of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012 is declared to continue to have effect.\n\n6 Designations and declarations to have effect\n\n For subregulation 6(1) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each person mentioned in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 2:\n\n1.     is, or has been, associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program or missiles program; or\n2.     is assisting or has assisted, in the violation, or evasion, by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of: Resolution 825, 1540, 1695, 1718, 1874, 1887, 2087, 2094, 2270 or 2321 of the United Nations Security Council or a subsequent relevant resolution;\n\n\nand is designated as a designated person and declared as a declared person for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.\n\n7 Designations to have effect\n\n For subregulation 6(1) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each entity mentioned in an item in Part 2 of Schedule 2:\n\n1.     is, or has been, associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program or missiles program; or\n2.     is assisting or has assisted, in the violation, or evasion, by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of: Resolution 825, 1540, 1695, 1718, 1874, 1887, 2087, 2094, 2270 or 2321 of the United Nations Security Council or a subsequent relevant resolution;\n\n\nand is designated as a designated entity for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.\n\n8 Amendment of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012\n\n Schedule 3 amends the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012.\n\nNote: Subregulation 9(1) and 9(2) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) provide that designations under paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Regulations and declarations under paragraph 6(1)(b) of the Regulations cease to have effect on the third anniversary of the day on which the designation or declaration took effect (if no declaration under subregulation 9(3) has been made in relation to the designation or declaration) or, otherwise, the third anniversary of the making of the most recent declaration in relation to the designation or declaration.  \n\nSchedule 1 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect\n\nPart 1 – Designated and declared persons\n\n \n\n| Item | Description |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Additional Information | Son Jong-hyok  20/05/1980  Linked to Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) |\n| 2 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Additional Information:    Address: | Kim Kyong-nam  11/07/1976  North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank representative in Khabarovsk, Russia  Khabarovsk, Russia |\n| 3 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Alternative Date of Birth:  Passport Information:    Additional Information | Kim Song-chol  Hwang Kyong-nam  26/03/1968  15/10/1970  654120219 (expiry 24/02/2019); 381420565 (expiry 23/11/2016)  Linked to Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) |\n| 4 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Passport Information:  Additional Information:  Address | Pak Chun-il  28/07/1954  563410091  DPRK Ambassador to Egypt  Cairo, Egypt |\n\n\n \n\nPart 2 – Designated Entities\n\n| Item | Description |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Entity:  Also known as (aka):  Address: | Soe Min Hitke Co. Ltd  Ye Min Hein  Yangon, Myanmar |\n| 2 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Korea Foreign Technical Trade Centre (KFTTC)  North Korea |\n| 3 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Korea Ocean Shipping Agency (KOSA)  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 4 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Korea Buyon Shipping Co. Ltd  Wonsan, North Korea |\n| 5 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Strategic Forces  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n\n\nSchedule 2 Designations and declarations to have effect\n\nPart 1 – Designated and declared persons\n\n| Item | Description |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Place of Birth:  Address: | Pak To-chun  Pak To’-Ch’un; Pak Do Chun  09/03/1944  Namgim County, Chagang Province, North Korea  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 2 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Place of Birth:    Address: | Ju Kyu-chang  Chu Kyu-Ch’ang; Ju Kyu-Chang  25/11/1928  Hamju County, South Hamyong Province, North Korea  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 3 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Place of Birth:    Address: | O Kuk-ryol  O Ku’k-ryo’l  07/01/1930  Onsong County, North Hamyong Province, North Korea  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 4 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Additional Information:  Address: | Paek Se-bong  Paek Se Pong  21/03/1938  Chairman, Second Economic Committee  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 5 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):    Date of Birth:  Alternative Date of Birth:  Place of Birth:  Passport information:  Additional Information:  Address: | Su Lu-chi  Lu-chi Tsai Su; Tsai Su Lu-Chi; Su Luqi; Liu‑chi Su  07/02/1950  November 1950  Yun Lin Hsien, Taiwan  210215095 (Taiwan)  Corporate Officer, Global Interface Company Inc  Taipei, Taiwan |\n| 6 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Place of Birth:  Passport information:  Additional Information:  Address: | Alex Tsai  Tsai Hsein Tai; Hsein Tai Tsai  08/08/1945  Tainan, Taiwan  131134049 (Taiwan)  General Manager, Global Interface Company Inc  Taipei, Taiwan |\n| 7 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):     Date of Birth:  Alternative Date of Birth:  Location:  Additional Information:    Address | Kim Yong-chol  Lieutenant General Kim Yong Chol; Kim Yong-Chol; Kim Young-Chol; Kim Young‑Cheol; Kim Young-Chul  circa 1947  circa 1946  Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea  Commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB)  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 8 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Passport information | Chang Wen-fu  Tony Chang; Zhang Wen-Fu   01/04/1965  211606395 (Taiwan) |\n| 9 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Additional Information:  Address: | Kim Chol Sam  11/03/1971  Treasurer , Daedong Credit Bank (DCB)  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 10 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Additional Information: | Son Mun San  23/01/1951  External Affairs Bureau Chief, General Bureau of Atomic Energy, North Korea |\n| 11 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Passport Information:  Additional Information:    Address: | Ra Kyong-Su  Chang Myong-ho; Shang Myong Ho  28/08/1962  290320764  Tanchon Commercial Bank (TCB) representative in Beijing, China  Beijing, China |\n| 12 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Passport Information:  Additional Information:  Address: | Kim Sok-chol  08/05/1955  472310082  Previous DPRK Ambassador to Myanmar  Myanmar |\n| 13 | Name of Individual:  Date of Birth:  Passport Information:  Additional Information:    Address: | Ri Chong-chol  12/04/1970  199110092; 472220503; 654220197  Linked to Korea Mining Development Group (KOMID)  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 14 | Name of Individual:  Also known as (aka):  Date of Birth:  Passport Information:  Additional Information:    Address: | Hwang Su-man  Hwang Kyong-nam  06/04/1955  472220033  Linked to Korea Mining Development Group (KOMID)  Egypt |\n\n\nPart 2 – Designated entities\n\n| Item | Description |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Foreign Trade Bank (FTB)  FTB Building, Jungsong-Dong, Central District, Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 2 | Name of Entity:  Address:  Alternative Address:    Additional Information: | Global Interface Company Inc  9F-1, No 22, Hsin Yi Road, Sec 2, Taipei, Taiwan  1st Floor, No 49, Lane 280, Kuang Fu S Road, Taipei, Taiwan  Business registration document 12873346 |\n| 3 | Name of Entity:  Also known as (aka):  Address: | Korea Daesong General Trading Corporation  Daesong Trading  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 4 | Name of Entity:  Address:    Additional Information: | Trans Merits Co Ltd  1F, No 49, Lane 280, Kuang Fu S Road, Taipei, Taiwan  Business registration document 16316976 |\n| 5 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Korea Taesong Trading Company  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 6 | Name of Entity:  Address | Korea Daesong Bank  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 7 | Name of Entity:  Address:    Alternative Address: | DCB Finance Ltd  Akara Building, 24 de Castro Street, Wickhams Cay I, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands  Dalian, China |\n| 8 | Name of Entity:  Also known as (aka):  Address:    Alternative Address: | Trans Multi Mechanics Co Ltd  Feng Sheng Co Ltd  19, Chin Ho Lane, Chung Cheng Road, Taya District, Taichung City, Taiwan  No 19, Jinhe Lane, Zhongzheng Road, Daya District, Taichung City, Taiwan |\n| 9 | Name of Entity:  Address: | Haeyang Crew Management Company (HCMC)  Pyongyang, North Korea |\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 3  Amendment\n\n \n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012\n\n1  Part 3 of Schedule 1 (item 20)\n\nRepeal the item, substitute\n\n| 20 | Name of Entity:  Also known as (aka):  Address: | Soe Min Hitke Co. Ltd  Ye Min Hein  Yangon, Myanmar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument operates strictly within its original intended scope—maintaining and updating Australia's autonomous sanctions regime against North Korea as established by the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011. 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