Kim Hyo Dong 김효동 confirmed

Researchers have also filed indicators under this name as a persona: Kim Hyo Dong. The filing is the researcher’s and is matched here by name alone.

Actor-cluster tags

Remote Worker Fraud / Contagious Interview

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Sanctions-designation details

Status: Designated by the Republic of Korea on May 23, 2023, for involvement in DPRK IT workers' foreign-currency earning abroad

Post, per the identification annexRepresentative of Tongmyong Technology Trade Company in Laos
LocationLaos
Date of BirthDecember 28, 1989
NationalityNorth Korean
SexMale
Passport108130286 (North Korea)

Caution

이번에 제재대상으로 지정된 개인 7명은 △북한 해외 IT 지부 책임자로서 불법 외화벌이를 주도하였거나1), △자금세탁 등 불법 금융활동을 통해 외화벌이를 도움으로써2) 대북제재 회피와 핵ㆍ미사일 개발 자금 조달에 관여하였다.
이번에 제재대상으로 지정된 개인 7명은 △북한 해외 IT 지부 책임자로서 불법 외화벌이를 주도하였거나1), △자금세탁 등 불법 금융활동을 통해 외화벌이를 도움으로써2) 대북제재 회피와 핵ㆍ미사일 개발 자금 조달에 관여하였다. 특히, 이들 IT 지부 책임자들은 IT 인력에 대한 감시ㆍ통제ㆍ갑질, 임금 미지급 등 강제노동을 강요하여 이들의 인권을 유린해 왔다. 1) 김상만, 김기혁, 김성일, 전연근, 김효동 2) 유성혁, 윤성일 동명기술무역회사는 군수공업부 산하 IT 회사로, 라오스에 IT 인력 파견

Sources

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Sourcing & confidence disclaimer

Every claim on this profile comes from the sources cited on it. Nothing has been added or inferred.

Kim Hyo Dong is profiled here as the representative in Laos of Tongmyong Technology Trade Company (동명기술무역회사), which the Republic of Korea describes as an IT company under the Munitions Industry Department that sends IT workers to Laos. The ministry counts him among the heads of overseas IT branches who led the illicit earning of foreign currency and, in its words, subjected the IT workers under them to surveillance, control, abuse and withheld wages.

The Korean quotation under the designation details is the ministry's own wording.

The confidence level of 'confirmed' reflects that this individual is named on a government sanctions designation; a designation is an administrative action and not a criminal charge, and nothing here states that any court has found anything.

Attribution confidence: confirmed

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Profile last updated 2026-09-18.