Individual · Intelligence and internal security
Ri Chang Dae
Director of the National Intelligence Agency
Ri Chang Dae is director of the intelligence body publicly renamed the National Intelligence Agency in 2026. He previously led the Ministry of State Security.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
Ri connects a named security chief to a still-evolving intelligence reorganization whose final division of domestic and foreign missions remains partly unresolved.
- Record type
- Individual dossier
- Primary role
- Director of the National Intelligence Agency
- Network sector
- Intelligence and internal security
- Documented links
- 1
Profile
Ri Chang Dae is director of the intelligence body publicly renamed the National Intelligence Agency in 2026. He previously led the Ministry of State Security.
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.
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 MoscowWhat to watch
- Does Ri Chang Dae retain the same formal role and institutional position?
- Do official records document new appointments, assignments, or contact with National Intelligence Agency?
- Do later sources confirm, narrow, or supersede the dated connections recorded here?
Source record
- 01Yonhap · Ri Chang Dae in Moscow
Current-role evidence identifying Ri Chang Dae as general director of the renamed intelligence agency.