Jo Yong-chol

Identity

Type: person
Country: North Korea
Nationality: North Korea
Date of birth: 1962-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Role: Cabinet Ministers

Politically Exposed Person (PEP)

A PEP designation is not a sanction. It flags a prominent public function that warrants enhanced due diligence under FATF Recommendation 12 / EU AMLD. Verify against the source record before acting.

Cabinet Ministers · North Korea

Source	Record	Source record
Wikidata	Wikidata PEP: cabinet_ministers	View source record ↗

Sanctions programs · 0

No sanctions programs recorded for this entity in the official feeds we index.

Listed on · 0

Possible matches in other source lists · 1

Records in other sanctions lists with high name overlap that may describe the same person. We have not aggregated these into the record above because date of birth, nationality, or both were not published by one or more sources. Review each below and verify identity against the source record before treating as the same individual.

Yong Chol Cho Yong Chol Jo

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Active source lists: AU_DFAT, BE_FOD, CH_SECO, EU_FSF, OFAC_SDN, UK_OFSI, UN_SC

70% indicative

Why we surfaced this:

✓ Shares 3 name tokens: chol, jo, yong
✗ Nationalities differ (democratic people's republic korea vs north korea)
✗ Dates of birth differ

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Frequently asked questions

Is Jo Yong-chol sanctioned?

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