Jon Chol Young

DOB: 30/04/1975.
Passport Details: 563410192.
Position: Diplomat, DPRK Embassy, Angola

Representative of Saeng Pil Trading Corporation, an alias of Green Pine Associated Corporation, and DPRK diplomat in Egypt.

According to March 5 2018 UN panel of experts report on North Korea:

Jon Chol Young, a North Korean diplomat based in Angola, “who had previously engaged in prohibited arms-related activities” and was featured in last year’s report, is still in Angola.

Angola provided documentation to the panel showing that Jon’s visa expires later this month, and admitted it considers the amount of North Koreans in Luanda “to be excessive in numbers,” adding that it would work with North Korea “to gradually reduce it.”

Sources:

  1. https://www.ft.dk/samling/20171/almdel/FOU/bilag/75/1869425.pdf
  2. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-uses-pirate-tactics-earn-millions-sanction-busting-n856921

 
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