Organization · Intelligence and internal security
KPA Security Bureau
Military internal-security and counterintelligence body
The KPA Security Bureau is the armed forces’ internal-security and counterintelligence body.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The bureau matters because military discipline, criminal investigation, counterintelligence, and regime protection intersect inside the armed forces.
- Record type
- Organization dossier
- Primary role
- Military internal-security and counterintelligence body
- Network sector
- Intelligence and internal security
- Documented links
- 3
Profile
The KPA Security Bureau is the armed forces’ internal-security and counterintelligence body.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH North Korea network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
Om Ju Ho was appointed director of the KPA Security Bureau on 29 August 2026.
Limit: This role is reported by North Korean state media. The public record does not independently disclose the appointment process or full remit.
Xinhua · 30 August military reshuffleThe KPA Security Bureau is a military internal-security body within the command system headed by Kim Jong Un.
Limit: The institutional relationship does not reveal every reporting line, internal decision, or operational instruction.
ROK Unification Ministry · DPRK military organizationThe bureau operates inside the wider military organization alongside the defense ministry and other command bodies.
Limit: The institutional relationship does not reveal every reporting line, internal decision, or operational instruction.
ROK Unification Ministry · DPRK military organizationWhat to watch
- Does the publicly identified leadership or mandate of KPA Security Bureau change?
- Do official records document new coordination with Om Ju Ho?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the relationships recorded here?
Source record
- 01Xinhua · 30 August military reshuffle
KCNA-based current-role record for Pak Jong Chon, Kim Song Gi, No Kwang Chol, Yu Kwang U, and Om Ju Ho.
- 02ROK Unification Ministry · DPRK military organization
External institutional description of the CMC, General Political Bureau, General Staff, defense ministry, and KPA Security Bureau.