North Korea Has Its Own Version Of The CIA

Reuters:

Dave Majumdar, National Interest: North Korea's Most Powerful Weapon: It Has Its Very Own 'CIA'

North Korea maintains an extensive intelligence collection and security apparatus—as might be expected of a totalitarian regime such as the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Pyongyang maintains two main agencies—one focused on external intelligence collection and clandestine operations and another focused on counterintelligence. There are also two smaller organizations dedicated solely to infiltrating South Korea. “North Korean intelligence and security services collect political, military, economic, and technical information through open-source, human intelligence, cyber, and signals intelligence capabilities,” reads a Pentagon report to Congress about Pyongyang’s expected capabilities in 2015. “North Korea’s primary intelligence collection targets remain South Korea, the United States, and Japan.”

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WNU Editor: The focus has always been on North Korea's military capabilities, and on its nuclear/missile programs. But is is probably North Korea's intelligence services that should raise the most alarm. They are the ones who have committed attacks against South Korean targets abroad, and more importantly, it is the means on how North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un and his allies maintain power in the country.