The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added four more North Koreans – including the DPRK Ambassador to Myanmar (a.k.a Burma) – to its list of sanctioned individuals.

A North Korean government affiliated company located in Egypt was also added to the OFAC list of designated entities.

All four individuals were designated due to their ties to the already sanctioned Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID), the DPRK’s primary arms dealer.

“The following four individuals and one company designated today pursuant to E.O. 13687 have ties to Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID), which was previously designated by