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Reconnaissance General Bureau

Listed by OFAC SDN (US), UK Sanctions List, EU Consolidated List, UN Security Council, SECO (Switzerland)
North Korea
First listed 2016-03-02
6 aliases

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EU Consolidated ListActive listingID 6857

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Source: EU Consolidated List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2017-08-31
Extractor: eu-xml-parser

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<sanctionEntity designationDate="2016-03-02" designationDetails="" unitedNationId="" euReferenceNumber="EU.3319.66" logicalId="6857">
        <regulation regulationType="repealing" organisationType="council" publicationDate="2017-08-31" entryIntoForceDate="2017-09-01" numberTitle="2017/1509 (OJ L224)" programme="PRK" logicalId="107441">
            <publicationUrl>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1509&amp;from=EN</publicationUrl>
        </regulation>
        <subjectType code="enterprise" classificationCode="E"/>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Reconnaissance General Bureau" function="The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army." title="" nameLanguage="" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="15088">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="repealing" publicationDate="2017-08-31" numberTitle="2017/1509 (OJ L224)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1509&amp;from=EN"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Chongch’al Ch’ongguk" function="" title="" nameLanguage="" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="15089">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2011-12-21" numberTitle="1355/2011 (OJ L338)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:338:0039:0047:EN:PDF"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="RGB" function="" title="" nameLanguage="" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="15090">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2011-12-21" numberTitle="1355/2011 (OJ L338)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:338:0039:0047:EN:PDF"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="KPA Unit 586" function="" title="" nameLanguage="" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="15091">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2011-12-21" numberTitle="1355/2011 (OJ L338)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:338:0039:0047:EN:PDF"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <address city="Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang" street="" poBox="" zipCode="" region="" place="" asAtListingTime="false" countryIso2Code="KP" countryDescription="KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="2183">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2011-12-21" numberTitle="1355/2011 (OJ L338)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:338:0039:0047:EN:PDF"/>
        </address>
        <address city="Nungrado, Pyongyang" street="" poBox="" zipCode="" region="" place="" asAtListingTime="false" countryIso2Code="KP" countryDescription="KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="2184">
            <remark>Alternate Address: Nungrado, Pyongyang, DPRK</remark>
            <regulationSummary regulationType="repealing" publicationDate="2017-08-31" numberTitle="2017/1509 (OJ L224)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1509&amp;from=EN"/>
        </address>
    </sanctionEntity>

Name on list: Reconnaissance General Bureau
Programmes / regimes: PRK
Listed on: 2016-03-02
Last updated: 2017-08-31
Aliases: Chongch’al Ch’ongguk · RGB · KPA Unit 586
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
Nungrado, Pyongyang, KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
Identifiers: EU reference: EU.3319.66
Legal act: 2017/1509 (OJ L224) – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1509&from=EN

OFAC SDN (US)Active listingID 12210

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Source: OFAC SDN (US)
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Extractor: ofac-xml-parser

Raw evidence

<sdnEntry>
    <uid>12210</uid>
    <lastName>RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU</lastName>
    <sdnType>Entity</sdnType>
    <programList>
      <program>DPRK</program>
      <program>DPRK2</program>
    </programList>
    <idList>
      <id>
        <uid>127067</uid>
        <idType>Secondary sanctions risk:</idType>
        <idNumber>North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210</idNumber>
      </id>
      <id>
        <uid>134865</uid>
        <idType>Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions:</idType>
        <idNumber>North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214</idNumber>
      </id>
    </idList>
    <akaList>
      <aka>
        <uid>13147</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>CHONGCH'AL CH'ONGGUK</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>13148</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>weak</category>
        <lastName>RGB</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>13149</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>KPA UNIT 586</lastName>
      </aka>
    </akaList>
    <addressList>
      <address>
        <uid>18686</uid>
        <address1>Hyongjesan-Guyok</address1>
        <city>Pyongyang</city>
        <country>Korea, North</country>
      </address>
      <address>
        <uid>18687</uid>
        <address1>Nungrado</address1>
        <city>Pyongyang</city>
        <country>Korea, North</country>
      </address>
    </addressList>
  </sdnEntry>

Name on list: RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU
Programmes / regimes: DPRK · DPRK2
Aliases: CHONGCH'AL CH'ONGGUK · RGB · KPA UNIT 586
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, Korea, North
Nungrado, Pyongyang, Korea, North

SECO (Switzerland)Active listingID 33959

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Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

Source: SECO (Switzerland)
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2025-04-15
Extractor: seco-xml-parser

Raw evidence

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Name on list: Reconnaissance General Bureau
Programmes / regimes: North Korea
Listed on: 2016-03-04
Last updated: 2025-04-15
Aliases: Chongch’al Ch’ongguk · KPA Unit 586 · RGB
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, DPR Korea
Nungrado, Pyongyang, DPR Korea
Identifiers: Foreign identifier: KPe.031
Remarks: The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The Reconnaissance General Bureau trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation.

UK Sanctions ListActive listingID DPR0188

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Source: UK Sanctions List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2021-12-18
Extractor: uk-xml-parser

Raw evidence

<Designation>
    <LastUpdated>18/12/2021</LastUpdated>
    <DateDesignated>02/03/2016</DateDesignated>
    <UniqueID>DPR0188</UniqueID>
    <OFSIGroupID>12448</OFSIGroupID>
    <UNReferenceNumber>KPe.031</UNReferenceNumber>
    <Names>
      <Name>
        <Name6>RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU (RGB)</Name6>
        <NameType>Primary name</NameType>
      </Name>
      <Name>
        <Name6>Chongch'ai Ch'ongguk</Name6>
        <NameType>Alias</NameType>
      </Name>
      <Name>
        <Name6>KPA Unit 586</Name6>
        <NameType>Alias</NameType>
      </Name>
      <Name>
        <Name6>RGB</Name6>
        <NameType>Alias</NameType>
      </Name>
    </Names>
    <RegimeName>The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019</RegimeName>
    <IndividualEntityShip>Entity</IndividualEntityShip>
    <DesignationSource>UN</DesignationSource>
    <SanctionsImposed>Asset freeze|Chartering of Ships|Closure of representative offices|Crew servicing of ships and aircraft|Prevention of business arrangements|Prohibition of port entry</SanctionsImposed>
    <SanctionsImposedIndicators>
      <AssetFreeze>true</AssetFreeze>
      <ArmsEmbargo>false</ArmsEmbargo>
      <TargetedArmsEmbargo>false</TargetedArmsEmbargo>
      <CharteringOfShips>true</CharteringOfShips>
      <ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>true</ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>
      <CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>true</CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>
      <Deflag>false</Deflag>
      <PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>true</PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>
      <ProhibitionOfPortEntry>true</ProhibitionOfPortEntry>
      <TravelBan>false</TravelBan>
      <PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>
      <PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>
      <TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>false</TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>
      <TrustServicesSanctions>false</TrustServicesSanctions>
      <DirectorDisqualificationSanction>false</DirectorDisqualificationSanction>
    </SanctionsImposedIndicators>
    <OtherInformation>The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The Reconnaissance General Bureau trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation.</OtherInformation>
    <UKStatementofReasons>
</UKStatementofReasons>
    <Addresses>
      <Address>
        <AddressLine5>Nungrado</AddressLine5>
        <AddressLine6>Pyongyang</AddressLine6>
        <AddressCountry>North Korea</AddressCountry>
      </Address>
      <Address>
        <AddressLine5>Hyongjesan-Guyok</AddressLine5>
        <AddressLine6>Pyongyang</AddressLine6>
        <AddressCountry>North Korea</AddressCountry>
      </Address>
    </Addresses>
    <EntityDetails>
      <Entity>
        <Subsidiaries>
          <Subsidiary>Green Pine Associated Corporation</Subsidiary>
        </Subsidiaries>
      </Entity>
    </EntityDetails>
  </Designation>

Name on list: RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU (RGB)
Programmes / regimes: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Listed on: 2016-03-02
Last updated: 2021-12-18
Aliases: Chongch'ai Ch'ongguk · KPA Unit 586 · RGB
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: Nungrado, Pyongyang, North Korea
Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea
Identifiers: UN reference: KPe.031
OFSI group ID: 12448
Linked to (per list): Green Pine Associated Corporation
Remarks: The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The Reconnaissance General Bureau trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation. Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze|Chartering of Ships|Closure of representative offices|Crew servicing of ships and aircraft|Prevention of business arrangements|Prohibition of port entry

UN Security CouncilActive listingID 6908526

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Source: UN Security Council
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2016-03-02
Extractor: un-xml-parser

Raw evidence

<ENTITY>
      <DATAID>6908526</DATAID>
      <VERSIONNUM>1</VERSIONNUM>
      <FIRST_NAME>RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU</FIRST_NAME>
      <UN_LIST_TYPE>DPRK</UN_LIST_TYPE>
      <REFERENCE_NUMBER>KPe.031</REFERENCE_NUMBER>
      <LISTED_ON>2016-03-02</LISTED_ON>
      <COMMENTS1>The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The Reconnaissance General Bureau trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation.</COMMENTS1>
      <HAS_INTERPOL_LINK>NO</HAS_INTERPOL_LINK>
      <INTERPOL_LINK/>
      <LIST_TYPE>
        <VALUE>UN List</VALUE>
      </LIST_TYPE>
      <ENTITY_ALIAS>
        <QUALITY>a.k.a.</QUALITY>
        <ALIAS_NAME>Chongch’al Ch’ongguk</ALIAS_NAME>
      </ENTITY_ALIAS>
      <ENTITY_ALIAS>
        <QUALITY>a.k.a.</QUALITY>
        <ALIAS_NAME>KPA Unit 586</ALIAS_NAME>
      </ENTITY_ALIAS>
      <ENTITY_ALIAS>
        <QUALITY>a.k.a.</QUALITY>
        <ALIAS_NAME>RGB</ALIAS_NAME>
      </ENTITY_ALIAS>
      <ENTITY_ADDRESS>
        <STREET>Hyongjesan-Guyok</STREET>
        <CITY>Pyongyang</CITY>
        <COUNTRY>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</COUNTRY>
      </ENTITY_ADDRESS>
      <ENTITY_ADDRESS>
        <STREET>Nungrado</STREET>
        <CITY>Pyongyang</CITY>
        <COUNTRY>Democratic People's Republic of Korea</COUNTRY>
      </ENTITY_ADDRESS>
      <SORT_KEY/>
      <SORT_KEY_LAST_MOD/>
    </ENTITY>

Name on list: RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU
Programmes / regimes: DPRK
Listed on: 2016-03-02
Aliases: Chongch’al Ch’ongguk · KPA Unit 586 · RGB
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Nungrado, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Identifiers: UN reference: KPe.031
Remarks: The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The Reconnaissance General Bureau trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation.

Linked parties & vessels (2)

Linked to (sanctions list) (2)

Korea Export Joint VentureSanctions-listed party · ofac, uk, eu

Source

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Source: UK Sanctions List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Extractor: sanctions-group/1

Raw evidence

Chosun Expo, a front company used by malicious cyber actors operating under the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting the commissions, planning or preparation of relevant cyber activity, including data interference and accessing information systems. Such activity that Chosun Expo is or has been involved in undermines, or is intended to undermine, the integrity, prosperity or security of the United Kingdom or a country other than the United Kingdom and directly or indirectly caused economic loss to, or prejudice to the commercial interests of, those affected by the activity.

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze|Director Disqualification Sanction

Green Pine Associated CorporationSanctions-listed party · ofac, uk, eu, un, seco

Source

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Source: UK Sanctions List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Extractor: sanctions-group/1

Raw evidence

The Reconnaissance General Bureau is the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization, created in early 2009 by the merger of existing intelligence organizations from the Korean Workers' Party, the Operations Department and Office 35, and the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People's Army. The Reconnaissance General Bureau trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation.

Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze|Chartering of Ships|Closure of representative offices|Crew servicing of ships and aircraft|Prevention of business arrangements|Prohibition of port entry

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OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List (U.S. Department of the Treasury – OFAC): U.S. blocking sanctions on individuals, entities and vessels. Official page.

UK Sanctions List (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office): UK financial, trade and shipping sanctions designations, including specified ships. Official page.

EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List (European Commission (DG FISMA)): Persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions, with legal acts. Official page.

UN Security Council Consolidated List (United Nations Security Council): Individuals and entities subject to UN Security Council sanctions measures. Official page.

Swiss SECO Sanctions List (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO): Persons, entities and objects subject to Swiss sanctions under the Embargo Act. Official page.

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