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Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

I, PENNY WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated  12 May 2023

PENNY WONG

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Contents

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012

Part 2—Repeals of spent provisions

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012

 

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table

The day after this instrument is registered.

 

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

22 May 2023.  

 

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

24 May 2023.

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraphs 6(a) and (b) and subregulation 9(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Part 1—Amendments

 

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012

1  At the end of Part 3

Add:

7  Continuation of effect of designations and declarations on and after date of making of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

 (1) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 34 and 35 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

 (2) The declaration, under paragraph 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 34 and 35 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

 (3) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the entities mentioned in items 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 in Part 3 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

2  Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table items 34 and 35)

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

34

Name of individual

Rim Yong-hwan

 

Also known as

Rim Yo’nghwan;

Rim Yong Hwan

 

Date of birth

17/05/1963

 

Citizenship

North Korean

 

Address

Beijing, China

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

Green Pine Associated Corporation representative in Beijing. Green Pine Associated Corporation is a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.

35

Name of individual

Kim Yong Su

 

Also known as

Kim Yo’ngsu;

Kim Yong-su;

Kim Yo’ng- su;

Yo’ng-su Kim

 

Date of birth

09/02/1969

 

Citizenship

North Korean

 

Address

Vietnam

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

Representative of the Marine Transport Office in Vietnam. Marine Transport Office is a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.

Passport Information:

654435458 (expiry 26/11/2019)

3  Part 3 of Schedule 1 (table items 25 to 27)

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

25

Name of entity

Marine Transport Office

 

Also known as

MTO

 

Address

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

North Korean shipping company that has facilitated proliferationrelated activity

26

Name of entity

Sunrise Trading and Logistics Co Ltd

 

Also known as

SUNTL;

Rakhoi Wholesale Co;

Sunrise Trading and Logistics Company Limited

 

Address

No. 5, to 29, Townlet Dong Anh, District Dong Anh, Hanoi, Vietnam

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

North Korean associated company that has facilitated proliferationrelated activity

27

Name of entity

Saigon United Co Ltd

 

Also known as

Sunico;

SUNICO;

SUNICO Company Limited;

SUNICO Co Ltd;

Pink Whale Co Ltd;

Hong White Co Ltd

 

Address

No. 40, D5A Street, Kien A Residential Area, Phuoc Long B Ward, District 9, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam;

2nd Floor, Viet Sky Office Building, No. 251/1 Ngyuen Van Troi, Ward 10, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam;

No. 12 Tan Trao, Tan Phu Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

North Korean associated company that has facilitated proliferationrelated activity

4  Part 3 of Schedule 1 (table items 29 to 31)

Repeal the items, substitute:

 

29

Name of entity

Eko Development and Investment Company

 

Also known as

Eko Development & Investment Food Company;

Eko Import and Export Company;

EKO Development and Investment Company;

EKO Import & Export Company;

EKO Development and Investment Food Company

 

Address

35 St. Abd alAziz alSud, alManial, Cairo, Egypt

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

Cooperated in the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation’s (KOMID) international sales of weapons. KOMID is a sanctioned entity under Australian sanctions law.

30

Name of entity

Sonbak Trading Corporation

 

Address

Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, North Korea;

Malaysia;

Indonesia;

Singapore

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

Facilitated shipping and general business for a sanctioned North Korean entity

IMO 1556069

Registered vessel ‘Son Bak 10’

Telephone 8502181113818954; 8502181118626

FAX 85023811427

31

Name of entity

Global Communications Company

 

Also known as

GLOCOM;

Glocom;

International Golden Services Sdn Bhd;

International Golden Systems Sdn Bhd;

International Global System Sdn Bhd;

Pan Systems Pte Ltd;

Wonbang Trading Co

 

Address

No. 752, Tingkat 2, Jalan Thambypillai Off Jalan Tun Sambanthan, 50470, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;

Room 818, Pothonggang Hotel, Ansan-Dong, Pyongchon district, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Amendment List 2017 (No 2)

 

Additional information

North Korean controlled company involved in proliferationrelated activity

 

Part 2—Repeals of spent provisions

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) List 2012

5  Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table items 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 36)

Repeal the items.

6  Part 3 of Schedule 1 (table item 28)

Repeal the item.