Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To North Korea

Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015

Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To
North Korea

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code; and in view of United Nations
Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718 of October 14,
2006, UNSCR 1874 of June 12, 2009, UNSCR 2087 of
January 22, 2013, and UNSCR 2094 of March 7, 2013,

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, find that the provocative, destabilizing, and
repressive actions and policies of the Government of
North Korea, including its destructive, coercive cyber-
related actions during November and December 2014,
actions in violation of UNSCRs 1718, 1874, 2087, and
2094, and commission of serious human rights abuses,
constitute a continuing threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States, and hereby expand the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26,
2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of
August 30, 2010, and relied upon for additional steps
in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011. To address
this threat and to take further steps with respect to
this national emergency, I hereby order:

Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property
that are in the United States, that hereafter come
within the United States, or that are or hereafter come
within the possession or control of any United States
person of the following persons are blocked and may not
be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise
dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:

(i) to be an agency, instrumentality, or controlled entity of the
Government of North Korea or the Workers' Party of Korea;

(ii) to be an official of the Government of North Korea;

(iii) to be an official of the Workers' Party of Korea;

(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, the Government of North Korea or any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for
or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of North Korea or
any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
this order.

    (b) The prohibitions in this order apply except to
the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations,
orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any
contract entered into or any license or permit granted
prior to the effective date of this order.

Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations
of the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2)
of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the
benefit of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this
order would seriously impair my ability to deal with
the national emergency declared in Executive Order

13466, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided
by section 1 of this order.

Sec. 3. The prohibitions in this order include but are
not limited to:

    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of
funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of
any person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order; and
    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of
funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 4. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant
and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens
determined to meet one or more of the criteria in
section 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the
interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend
entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be
treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation
8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens
Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans
and International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Sanctions).

Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation
of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set
forth in this order is prohibited.

    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:

    (a) the term “person” means an individual or
entity;
    (b) the term “entity” means a partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
subgroup, or other organization;
    (c) the term “United States person” means any
United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity
organized under the laws of the United States or any
jurisdiction within the United States (including
foreign branches), or any person in the United States;
and
    (d) the term “Government of North Korea” means
the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea and its agencies, instrumentalities, and
controlled entities.

Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to this order who
might have a constitutional presence in the United
States, I find that because of the ability to transfer
funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to
such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this
order would render those measures ineffectual. I
therefore determine that for these measures to be
effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13466, there need be no prior notice
of a listing or determination made pursuant to section
1 of this order.

Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to
take such actions, including the promulgation of rules
and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to
the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the
Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other
officers and agencies of the United States Government
consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the
United States Government are hereby directed to take
all appropriate measures within their authority to
carry out the provisions of this order.

Sec. 9. This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    January 2, 2015.