{"id":"F2016L01861","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2016 (No 2)","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-democratic-people-s-republic-of-korea-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":95526,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L01861-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2016 (No 2)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2016 (No 2)1\n\nAutonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011\n\nI, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make this Instrument under subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.\n\nDated 2 December 2016\n\n\\[Signed\\]\n\nJULIE BISHOP\n\nMinister for Foreign Affairs\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\nThis Instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2016 (No 2).\n\n2 Commencement\n\n(1) Sections 3 and 4 of this Instrument commence on the day after this Instrument is registered.\n\n(2) Section 5 of this Instrument commences on 6 December 2016.\n\n3 Designations and declarations to continue to have effect\n\nFor regulation 9 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each of the persons listed in Schedule 1 is associated with the DPRK’s weapons of mass-destruction or missiles program and each person’s designation as a designated person and declaration as a declared person in Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012 is declared to continue to have effect.\n\n4 Designations to continue to have effect\n\nFor regulation 9 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each of the entities listed in Schedule 2 is associated with the DPRK’s weapons of mass-destruction or missiles program and each entity’s designation as a designated entity in Schedule 1, Part 3 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 Repeal of designations and declarations that have ceased to have effect\n\nThe items of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012 listed in Schedule 3 of this instrument are repealed.\n\n> Note: Subregulations 9 (1) and 9 (2) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 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 later of the third anniversary of the day on which the designation or declaration took effect or the third anniversary of the making of the most recent declaration in relation to the designation or declaration.\n\nSchedule 1 – Designations and declarations declared to continue to have effect\n\nDesignated and declared persons\n\n| Item | Description | |\n| ---- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Name of Individual: | Pak To-chun |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Pak To’-Ch’un; Pak Do Chun |\n| | Date of Birth: | 09/03/1944 |\n| | Place of Birth: | Namgim County, Chagang Province, North Korea |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 2 | Name of Individual: | Ju Kyu-chang |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Chu Kyu-Ch’ang; Ju Kyu-Chang |\n| | Date of Birth: | 25/11/1928 |\n| | Place of Birth: | Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 3 | Name of Individual: | O Kuk-ryol |\n| | Also known as (aka): | O Ku’k-ryo’l |\n| | Date of Birth: | 07/01/1930 |\n| | Place of Birth: | Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 4 | Name of Individual: | Paek Se-bong |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Paek Se Pong |\n| | Date of Birth: | 21/03/1938 |\n| | Additional Information: | Chairman, Second Economic Committee |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 5 | Name of Individual: | Su Lu-chi |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Lu-Chi Tsai Su; Tsai Su Lu-Chi; Su Luqi; Liu-chi Su |\n| | Date of birth: | 07/02/1950 |\n| | Alternative Date of Birth: | November 1950 |\n| | Place of Birth: | Yun Lin Hsien, Taiwan |\n| | Passport Information: | 210215095 (Taiwan) |\n| | Additional Information: | Corporate Officer, Global Interface Company Inc |\n| | Address: | Taipei, Taiwan |\n| 6 | Name of Individual: | Alex Tsai |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Tsai Hsein Tai; Hsein Tai Tsai |\n| | Date of Birth: | 08/08/1945 |\n| | Place of Birth: | Tainan, Taiwan |\n| | Passport Information: | 131134049 (Taiwan) |\n| | Additional Information: | General Manager, Global Interface Company Inc |\n| | Address: | Taipei, Taiwan |\n| 7 | Name of Individual: | Kim Yong-chol |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Lieutenant General Kim Yong Chol; Kim Yong-Chol;Kim Young-Chol; Kim Young-Cheol; Kim Young-Chul |\n| | Date of Birth: | circa 1947 |\n| | Alternative Date of Birth: | circa 1946 |\n| | Location: | Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea |\n| | Additional Information: | Commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 8 | Name of Individual: | Chang Wen-fu |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Tony Chang; Zhang Wen-Fu |\n| | Date of Birth: | 01/04/1965 |\n| | Passport Information: | 211606395 (Taiwan) |\n| 9 | Name of Individual: | Kim Chol Sam |\n| | Date of Birth: | 11/03/1971 |\n| | Additional Information: | Treasurer, Daedong Credit Bank (DCB) |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 10 | Name of Individual: | Son Mun San |\n| | Date of Birth: | 23/01/1951 |\n| | Additional Information: | External Affairs Bureau Chief, General Bureau of Atomic Energy, North Korea |\n\nSchedule 2 – Designations declared to continue to have effect\n\nDesignated entities\n\n| Item | Description | |\n| ---- | ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Name of Entity: | Foreign Trade Bank (FTB) |\n| | Address: | FTB Building, Jungsong-Dong, Central District, Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 2 | Name of Entity: | Global Interface Company Inc |\n| | Address: | 9F-1, No 22, Hsin Yi Road, Sec 2, Taipei, Taiwan |\n| | Alternative Address: | 1st Floor, No 49, Lane 280, Kuang Fu S Road, Taipei, Taiwan |\n| | Additional Information: | Business registration document 12873346 |\n| 3 | Name of Entity: | Korea Daesong General Trading Corporation |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Daesong Trading |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 4 | Name of Entity: | Trans Merits Co Ltd |\n| | Address: | 1F, No 49, Lane 280, Kuang Fu S Road, Taipei, Taiwan |\n| | Additional information: | Business registration document 16316976 |\n| 5 | Name of Entity: | Korea Taesong Trading Company |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 6 | Name of Entity: | Korea Daesong Bank |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 7 | Name of Entity: | DCB Finance Ltd |\n| | Address: | Akara Building, 24 de Castro Street, Wickhams Cay I, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands |\n| | Alternative Address: | Dalian, China |\n| 8 | Name of Entity: | Trans Multi Mechanics Co Ltd |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Feng Sheng Co Ltd |\n| | Address: | 19, Chin Ho Lane, Chung Cheng Road, Taya District, Taichung City, Taiwan |\n| | Alternative Address: | No 19, Jinhe Lane, Zhongzheng Road, Daya District, Taichung City, Taiwan |\n\nSchedule 3 – Designations that have ceased to have effect\n\n| Item | Description | |\n| ---- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 15 | Name of Entity: | Munitions Industry Department (MID) |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Military Supplies Industry Department; Machine Building Industry Department |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 16 | Name of Entity: | Second Economic Committee (SEC) |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 17 | Name of Entity: | Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Korean People’s Army (KPA) Unit 586; Chongchal Chongguk KPA Unit 586 |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 18 | Name of Entity: | Office 39 |\n| | Also known as (aka): | Bureau 39; Division 39; Office #39; Office No 39; Third floor; Central Committee |\n| | Address: | Second KWP Government Building, Chungsong-dong, Chung Ward, Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| | Alternative Address: | Sosong Street, Kyongrim-dong, Central District, Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 20 | Name of Entity: | Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation (KKBC) |\n| | Address: | Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| 21 | Name of Entity: | Daedong Credit Bank |\n| | Also known as (aka): | DCB; Dae-Dong Credit Bank; Taedong Credit Bank |\n| | Address: | Suite 401, Potonggang Hotel, Ansan-Dong, Pyongchon District, Pyongyang, North Korea |\n| | Alternative Address: | Ansan-dong, Botonggang Hotel, Pongchon, Pyongyang, North Korea |\n\n> Note\n\n1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislation Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Instrument does not broaden the sanctions regime. It administratively continues certain existing designations and declarations and repeals items that have expired under the Regulations’ three-year rule. It updates the active list rather than adding new kinds of measures (see secs 3–5 and Schedule 3; Note on subregs 9(1)–(2))."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 (regulation 9) and the expiry mechanics in the Note require temporal tracking of designations and declarations (see Note; secs 3–5).","Administrative detail: Schedules list multiple individuals and entities with aliases, varying dates of birth, passport details and addresses, increasing identification and compliance effort (Schedules 1–2).","Staggered commencement provisions create short-term implementation complexity (sec 2: secs 3–4 commence on registration day after; sec 5 commences 6 December 2016).","Ministerial decision-making power: the Instrument is made by the Minister under subregulation 9(3), concentrating discretion at ministerial level (instrument header; secs 3–5).","Repeals require cross-checking historical lists to confirm which designations have ‘‘ceased to have effect’’, adding record-keeping and legal-drafting tasks (sec 5; Schedule 3).","International scope: listed persons and entities, and alternative addresses, span multiple jurisdictions (North Korea, Taiwan, BVI, China), complicating identification, service and any enforcement coordination (Schedules 1–2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Instrument, made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, declares that specified individuals (Schedule 1) and entities (Schedule 2) associated with the DPRK’s weapons-of-mass-destruction or missile programs continue to be designated or declared under the Regulations, and repeals certain entity designations listed in Schedule 3. It matters because the Minister’s declarations determine which names remain on Australia’s autonomous sanctions list and therefore which listings require ongoing administrative action (see subreg 9(3), secs 2–5)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument operates strictly within the original scope of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011. It performs routine administrative maintenance—renewing existing designations and allowing expired ones to lapse—without expanding the criteria for designation or creating new categories of sanctions."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument (5 operative sections)","Minimal cross-referencing—only refers to regulation 9 of the parent Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011","Straightforward conditional logic: renewals in Schedules 1-2, repeals in Schedule 3","No nested definitions or interpretation sections","Tabular format for listed persons/entities makes content readable but creates procedural complexity in tracking multiple aliases, alternative dates of birth, and addresses","Temporal complexity: different commencement dates for different sections (day after registration vs. 6 December 2016)"],"plain_english_summary":"The Foreign Affairs Minister has renewed autonomous sanctions under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations against 10 named individuals and 8 organisations linked to North Korea’s WMD and missile programs, while allowing sanctions on 6 other entities to lapse after a 3‑year expiry. This updates Australia’s domestic blacklist affecting North Korean officials, foreign intermediaries (including trading firms and offshore banks) and anyone in Australia prohibited from dealing with them, sustaining pressure on DPRK’s illicit financial and procurement networks."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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