On July 31, 2026, authorities from the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom issued a joint alert warning countries, companies, and other entities about the threat posed by information technology (“IT”) workers of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or “North Korea”). According to the alert, North Korea relies on a network of skilled IT workers, deployed both within and…
On November 06, 2019, the Swiss Government adopted selective adjustments to the Swiss sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, thereby implementing the exceptions to the export ban agreed by the UN SC Sanctions Committee. The amendment will come into force on 1 December 2019.
On October 21, 2016, the Government of Canada published amendments to its trade and economic sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (“DPRK”) contained in the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) (the “Regulations”) made under the United Nations Act. Amending the Regulations enables the Government of Canada to incorporate into Canadian law the additional sanctions measures adopted by the United Nations Security Council in…