U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. The Treasury Department said the targets are three state-controlled entities and 10 North Korean officials, including:
— Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea’s primary intelligence organization that runs the country’s cyber warfare
— Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation, the state-owned arms dealer and exporter of equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons
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— Korea Tangun Trading Corporation, which obtains technology to support North Korea’s defense research
— Kil Jong Hun and Kim Kwang Yon, who represent the southern African interests of KOMID
— Jang Song Chol, a KOMID representative in Russia working to obtain weapons materials from individuals in Sudan
— Yu Kwang Ho, a North Korean government official
— Kim Yong Chol and Jang Yong Son, KOMID representatives in Iran
— Kim Kyu, KOMID’s external affairs officer
— Ryu Jin and Kang Ryong, KOMID officials operating in Syria
— Kim Kwang Chun, a Korea Tangun Trading Corporation representative in Shenyang, China
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