Security Apparatus
Photo: KCNA/Rodong Sinmun
The pages below are basic organizational backgrounds on the some of the agencies that constitute the DPRK’s national security community.
Central Military Commission (CMC)
KPA General Political Department (General Political Bureau) [GPD]
KPA General Staff Department Operations Bureau (General Staff Operations Department) [GSOB]
Military Security Command [MSC]
Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces [MPAF]
National Defense Commission [NDC] [Defunct]
Pyongyang Defense Command [PDC]
State Security Department [Ministry of State Security] [SSD/MSS]
