*EPF218 04/01/2003
Text: U.S. Imposes Penalties on N. Korean, Pakistani Entities
(April 1 State Department statement) (250)

The State Department released a statement April 1 explaining penalties imposed March 24 on North Korean and Pakistani entities under U.S. missile sanctions law.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
April 1, 2003

Statement by Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman

North Korea-Pakistan: Missile-Related Sanctions And Executive Order 12938 Penalties

There has been some confusion regarding the penalties that were imposed March 24 on the Pakistani entity Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) under Executive Order 12938, as amended, and the penalties that were imposed March 24 on the North Korean entity, Changgwang Sinyong Corporation under the missile sanctions law. These sanctions were for a specific missile-related transfer.

Changgwang Sinyong Corporation is a North Korean missile marketing entity and has been sanctioned repeatedly in the past for its missile-related exporting behavior. Changgwang Sinyong Corporation transferred missile-related technology to KRL. The United States made a determination to impose penalties on both Changgwang Sinyong Corporation and KRL as a result of this specific missile-related transfer. These sanctions do not pertain to any other activity, including nuclear-related ones. We informed the Congress on March 12 that the Administration had carefully reviewed the facts relating to the possible transfer of nuclear technology from Pakistan to North Korea, and decided that the facts do not warrant the imposition of sanctions under applicable U.S. laws.

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