Korea Taesong Bank (Korean: 조선 대성 은행;[2] sometimes called Daesong Bank, Dae-Sung Bank[3] or Taesong General Trading Corporation;[4] in Japan called Chosun Tae Seong-Unhan; Tae-bank, Choson Taesong Unhaeng[5]) is a North Korean financial institution.[6]
Native name | 조선대성은행 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bank |
| Headquarters | Segori-dong, Gyongheung St., Potonggang District[1], Pyongyang , North Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 대성은행 |
| Hancha | 大成銀行 |
| Revised Romanization | Daeseong eunhaeng |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taesŏng ŭnhaeng |
The Korea Taesong Bank is reportedly controlled by Room 39.[7][3]
The Golden Star Bank, founded as a corporation in Vienna, Austria, was the only North Korean bank in Europe but was closed in 2004, was a subsidiary of the Taesong Bank.[7] Kwon Yong-nok was an auditor of the Golden Star Bank.[8]
"Taesong Bank, which received remittances from Mt. Kumgang tourism, is controlled by Room 39, and is also in charge of the exports of agricultural and fisheries products."[9]
Projects
edit- In 1989, it was to jointly develop the area around Mount Kumgang,[10] on the eastern coast of North Korea, as a tourist site with Hyundai.[11]
- The company has been implicated in the smuggling of arms into and out of North Korea[12] and "Involved in facilitating proliferation financing projects."[13]
Members
edit- In 1989, Choe Su-gil, president of the Taesong Bank of North Korea[11] and consultant to the Korean Association for the Promotion of Asian Trade.[10]
- In 2014, Kim Yo-jong took control of Taesong Bank, the Reunification and Development Bank, and a number of tourism and railway projects[citation needed]
- In 2014, Yun Tae-hyong, a regional manager in the Russian Far East for the Taesong Bank, defected to Russia.[4]
References
edit- ^ "OFAC ID: 12312". Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Recent OFAC Actions - November 18, 2010". US Treasury Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b "How North Korea uses slaves to get around trade sanctions". Business Insider. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ a b Madden, Michael (3 September 2014). "A Senior North Korean Banking Official Defects?". 38 North. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "コリア・デソン・バンク" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Michael Breen (author) Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated: Kim Jong-il North Korea's Dear Leader 2012 1118153774 "Kim Jong-il: "the Daesong Group, which owns the Daesong Bank and the Vienna-based Golden Star Bank."
- ^ a b Timothée Germain. "Mapping North Korea Proliferation". cesim.fr. THE NON-PROLIFERATION MONTHLY. p. 7. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "North Korean Policy Elites; see footnote 66" (PDF). INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES. June 2004. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Room (Bureau) 38 allegedly restored". North Korean Economic Watch. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b "South, North Koreans Talk of Tourism Venture". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 1989. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b SUSAN CHIRA (2 February 1989). "THE TWO KOREAS AGREE TO DEVELOP RESORT IN NORTH". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1874 (2009)" (PDF). United Nations, Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Sanctions: UK Treasury part 29; Sanctions in Action". UK Treasury. 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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