Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

The Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is North Korea’s primary foreign exchange bank, and is owned and run by the North Korean government.

On March 11, 2013, the United States designated the bank as falling under US executive order 13382, which applies to "proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters". The order freezes all assets, and prohibits any transactions between US entities and the bank.