Namchongang Trading Corporation( ko, 남천강무역) (also known as Namhung Trading Corporation or Namhung) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

n "trading company subordinate to the General Bureau of Atomic Energy (GBAE)". According to US officials, it is part of North Korea's "attempts to export its nuclear and long-range missile technologies. These include "a direct role in helping Syria start construction of a nuclear reactor near the

Euphrates River The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

that Israeli jets destroyed in 2007" and "Myanmar’s arms industry", and "importing centrifuge equipment that North Korea is using to develop a uranium-enrichment capability". According to UN officials, it was "involved in the procurement of Japanese origin vacuum pumps that were identified at a

DPRK North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tu ...

nuclear facility, as well as nuclear-related procurement". At one time, Yun Ho Jin, who was a former senior North Korea diplomat who served at Pyongyang's mission to the

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

, was its leader. Its headquarters are at

Chilgol Chilgol () is a suburb of Pyongyang in the Mangyongdae District. Chilgol is known as the place where Kang Pan-sok, the mother of Kim Il-sung, North Korea's first leader, was born in 1892 and spent her childhood. The area features many buildings a ...

Mangyongdae District Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It began as a village, Man'gyŏngdae-ri, South P'yŏngan Province and became a district of P'yŏngyang in September 19 ...

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...

, DPRK.

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{{reflist Defence companies of North Korea North Korean entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions