RH POWER NETWORK · NORTH KOREARECORD DATE · 1 SEPTEMBER 2026
National emblem of the DPRK used to identify the National Intelligence Agency
Official emblemDPRK national emblem · Public domain

Organization · Intelligence and internal security

National Intelligence Agency

Renamed state-security and intelligence body; reorganization in progress

The National Intelligence Agency is the renamed successor to the Ministry of State Security. Specialist reporting describes an ongoing transition toward a more explicit intelligence remit.

WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT

The agency matters because the 2026 reorganization may redistribute surveillance, counterintelligence, foreign-intelligence, and domestic-security functions across the regime.

Record type
Organization dossier
Primary role
Renamed state-security and intelligence body; reorganization in progress
Network sector
Intelligence and internal security
Documented links
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Profile

The National Intelligence Agency is the renamed successor to the Ministry of State Security. Specialist reporting describes an ongoing transition toward a more explicit intelligence remit.

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.

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Documented connections

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Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.

Formal office · DirectorRi Chang Dae

A May 2026 public record identifies Ri Chang Dae as general director of the renamed national intelligence body.

Limit: The cited record establishes a formal role. It does not establish control over every decision or private closeness.

Yonhap · Ri Chang Dae in Moscow
Institutional · State-security reporting relationshipState Affairs Commission

The 2026 reorganization retains the intelligence body as a state-security institution connected to the top leadership.

Limit: The transition is still unfolding, and public sources do not resolve every transferred function or reporting line.

38 North · internal-security changes
Institutional · Party-guided state institutionWorkers’ Party of Korea

The reorganization is occurring inside a political system in which state-security bodies operate under WPK guidance.

Limit: The institutional relationship does not reveal every reporting line, internal decision, or operational instruction.

38 North · internal-security changes
Institutional · Security reorganization and mission divisionMinistry of Public Security

The 2026 changes seek a clearer division between intelligence, counterintelligence, police, and domestic-security missions.

Limit: The reorganization remains in progress, so the final distribution of functions is not publicly settled.

38 North · internal-security changes
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What to watch

  1. Does the 2026 security reorganization change the public mandate or leadership of National Intelligence Agency?
  2. Do later sources clarify how missions are divided between National Intelligence Agency and Ri Chang Dae?
  3. Do official records confirm whether the announced structural changes have been implemented below the central level?
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Source record

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    Yonhap · Ri Chang Dae in Moscow

    Current-role evidence identifying Ri Chang Dae as general director of the renamed intelligence agency.

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    38 North · internal-security changes

    Specialist assessment of the 2026 National Intelligence Agency and Ministry of Public Security reorganization.