By Yi Whan-woo

North Korean Ambassador to Egypt Pak Chun-il could face deportation from the Middle-Eastern country after his name was included on a blacklist issued as part of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) recent sanctions on Pyongyang, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Tuesday.

Citing sources in Egypt, the RFA's Korean-language online edition reported that the issue is being raised at the local media level to deport those who are subject to the U.N.'s punishments against North Korea.

Pak is on a roster of 16 new blacklisted individuals and 12 entities in UNSC Resolution 2270, which was adopted on March 2 in response to Pyongyang's nuclear test in January and subsequent rocket launch the following month.

Those on the roster are theoretically banned from travelling and trading overseas.

Sources said that Pak has been "actively involved" in violations of UNSC resolutions since he was appointed to his post in December 2013.

He played a key role in role in establishing an Egyptian branch of Pyongyang's Korea Mining Development Trading Corp. (KOMID), which is included in Resolution 2270.

Park is thought to be engaged in overseeing North Korea's Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies, responsible for building roads, power plants and other infrastructure in Egypt.

This is regarded as evidence that North Korea has been using hard currency earned abroad to pursue nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Pak, however, claimed that Pyongyang's rocket launch using ballistic missile technology is a part of "peaceful satellite development program," according to the sources.

He also argued that his country has carried out a nuclear program for "self-defense purposes against persistent threats from the United States."

The U.S. included Pak among 11 blacklisted individuals and five entities under independent sanctions imposed on March 2 in addition to Resolution 2270.