Security Apparatus
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)
CC KWP Administration Department [Defunct]
KPA General Staff Department [GSD]
KPA General Staff Department Operations Bureau (General Staff Operations Department) [GSOB]
Military Security Command [MSC]
Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces [MPAF]
KPA General Political Department (General Political Bureau) [GPD]
National Defense Commission [NDC] [Defunct]
Pyongyang Defense Command [PDC]
State Security Department [Ministry of State Security] [SSD/MSS]
North Korea Leadership Watch 