Organization · Foreign affairs and state finance
Ministry of External Economic Relations
State trade and external economic administration
The Ministry of External Economic Relations administers state trade and other external economic activity.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The ministry matters as the formal government channel linking the Cabinet to cross-border commerce and foreign economic engagement.
- Record type
- Organization dossier
- Primary role
- State trade and external economic administration
- Network sector
- Foreign affairs and state finance
- Documented links
- 3
Profile
The Ministry of External Economic Relations administers state trade and other external economic activity.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH North Korea network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
The 15th Cabinet appointment record names Yun Jong Ho minister of external economic relations.
Limit: This role is reported by North Korean state media. The public record does not independently disclose the appointment process or full remit.
KCNA Watch · 15th Cabinet appointmentsThe Ministry of External Economic Relations is represented in the 15th Cabinet by its minister.
Limit: The institutional relationship does not reveal every reporting line, internal decision, or operational instruction.
KCNA Watch · 15th Cabinet appointmentsThe Foreign Trade Bank is a designated state bank for external financial transactions within North Korea’s foreign-economic system.
Limit: The cited UN record does not establish that the ministry directs every bank transaction or sanctions-evasion activity.
UN Security Council · Foreign Trade Bank exemptionsWhat to watch
- Does the publicly identified leadership or mandate of Ministry of External Economic Relations change?
- Do official records document new coordination with Yun Jong Ho?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the relationships recorded here?
Source record
- 01KCNA Watch · 15th Cabinet appointments
State-media appointment record for the premier, foreign minister, public-security minister, external-economic-relations minister, and Cabinet.
- 02UN Security Council · Foreign Trade Bank exemptions
UN record identifying the Foreign Trade Bank as a designated institution and describing narrow humanitarian and diplomatic exemptions.