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Organization And Guidance Department (Ogd)

Listed by UK Sanctions List, EU Consolidated List, UN Security Council, SECO (Switzerland)
North Korea
First listed 2017-09-11

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EU Consolidated ListActive listingID 114262

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Source: EU Consolidated List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2017-09-16
Extractor: eu-xml-parser

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            <publicationUrl>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1568&amp;from=EN</publicationUrl>
        </regulation>
        <subjectType code="enterprise" classificationCode="E"/>
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            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2017-09-16" numberTitle="2017/1568 (OJ L238)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1568&amp;from=EN"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <address city="" street="" poBox="" zipCode="" region="" place="" asAtListingTime="false" countryIso2Code="KP" countryDescription="KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="114335">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2017-09-16" numberTitle="2017/1568 (OJ L238)" publicationUrl="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1568&amp;from=EN"/>
        </address>
    </sanctionEntity>

Name on list: ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)
Programmes / regimes: PRK
Listed on: 2017-09-11
Last updated: 2017-09-16
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
Identifiers: EU reference: EU.4005.20
Legal act: 2017/1568 (OJ L238) – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1568&from=EN

SECO (Switzerland)Active listingID 37481

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

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Name on list: Organization and Guidance Department (OGD)
Programmes / regimes: North Korea
Listed on: 2017-09-11
Last updated: 2025-04-15
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: DPR Korea
Identifiers: Foreign identifier: KPe.052
Remarks: The Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Worker’s Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea, the DPRK’s military, and the DPRK’s government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK’s censorship policies.

UK Sanctions ListActive listingID DPR0183

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Source: UK Sanctions List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2022-01-14
Extractor: uk-xml-parser

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<Designation>
    <LastUpdated>14/01/2022</LastUpdated>
    <DateDesignated>11/09/2017</DateDesignated>
    <UniqueID>DPR0183</UniqueID>
    <OFSIGroupID>13542</OFSIGroupID>
    <UNReferenceNumber>KPe.052</UNReferenceNumber>
    <Names>
      <Name>
        <Name6>ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)</Name6>
        <NameType>Primary name</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 Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Workers' Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea, the DPRK’s military, and the DPRK’s government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK’s censorship policies.</OtherInformation>
    <UKStatementofReasons>
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    <Addresses>
      <Address>
        <AddressCountry>North Korea</AddressCountry>
      </Address>
    </Addresses>
  </Designation>

Name on list: ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)
Programmes / regimes: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Listed on: 2017-09-11
Last updated: 2022-01-14
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: North Korea
Identifiers: UN reference: KPe.052
OFSI group ID: 13542
Remarks: The Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Workers' Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea, the DPRK’s military, and the DPRK’s government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK’s censorship policies. 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 6908628

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Source: UN Security Council
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2017-09-11
Extractor: un-xml-parser

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<ENTITY>
      <DATAID>6908628</DATAID>
      <VERSIONNUM>1</VERSIONNUM>
      <FIRST_NAME>ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)</FIRST_NAME>
      <UN_LIST_TYPE>DPRK</UN_LIST_TYPE>
      <REFERENCE_NUMBER>KPe.052 </REFERENCE_NUMBER>
      <LISTED_ON>2017-09-11</LISTED_ON>
      <COMMENTS1>The Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Worker’s Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea, the DPRK’s military, and the DPRK’s government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK’s censorship policies.</COMMENTS1>
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Name on list: ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)
Programmes / regimes: DPRK
Listed on: 2017-09-11
Countries: North Korea
Addresses: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Identifiers: UN reference: KPe.052
Remarks: The Organization and Guidance Department is a very powerful body of the Worker’s Party of Korea. It directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea, the DPRK’s military, and the DPRK’s government administration. It also purports to control the political affairs of all of the DPRK and is instrumental in implementing the DPRK’s censorship policies.

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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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