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4. Another DPRK source listed a DPRK factory named “Huichon Ryonha Machinery
General Plant ( 熙 川 蓮 河 機 械 総 合 工 場 )” as a factory being managed by Ryonha
Machinery Corporation. 14
5. In addition, a DPRK source portrayed Ryonha Machinery as a primary developer of
CNC machines series since April 1995. 15 However, the Panel could not find a single
DPRK company named only Ryonha Machinery that had been operating since 1995.
6. The Panel obtained pamphlets of Ryonha Machinery Corporation from a participant
in the China-DPRK Economic, Trade, Cultural and Tourism Expo held in Dandong,
China in October 2012 where this DPRK entity displayed its products. One of the
pamphlets included a name card of an individual working for a trading company
based in Dandong who presented his title as “Ryonha Machinery China Sales
Agent”, clearly indicating that the name “Ryonha Machinery” was used to mean
Ryonha Machinery Corporation. On this pamphlet, the address of Ryonha
Machinery Corp. was given as “Tongan-dong, Central District, Pyongyang, DPR
Korea,” whereas its telephone number and email address were respectively given as
“+850-2-18111” and “sjc-117@hotmail.com”.
7. The pamphlet also shows that Ryonha Machinery Corporation sold “Unsan Solid
Tools,” indicating that Unsan appears to be a brand name utilized by Ryonha
Machinery Corporation. The Panel further notes DPRK media advertising
machining tools manufactured by Unsan manufacturing plant.
8. All these companies share an identical company logo and market the same product
series. DPRK publications and media describe each entity as a leading company in
the field of CNC machinery. In light of this evidence, the Panel concludes that the
above mentioned DPRK entities sharing the name “Ryonha” or “Ryonhwa” are
identical. 16
14 “DPRK Trade Developing with the Industrial Revolution of a New Century (in Japanese)”,
NAENARA (Japanese edition) accessed by the Panel on 2 April <strong>2013</strong>
(http://www.naenara.com.kp/ja/news/news_view.php?0+42934).
15 “DPRK Trade Developing with the Industrial Revolution of a New Century (in Japanese)”,
NAENARA (Japanese edition) accessed by the Panel on 2 April <strong>2013</strong>
(http://www.naenara.com.kp/ja/news/news_view.php?0+42934).
16 “Leading a construction of economic strong power with science and technology (in Chinese)
[ 先 导 经 济 强 国 建 设 的 科 学 技 术 ]”, NAENARA (Chinese edition) accessed by the Panel on 4 April
<strong>2013</strong> (http://naenara.com.kp/ch/news/news_view.php?6+219).
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