The Korean People's Army encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches:the Ground Force,the Naval Force,the Air Force,the Strategic Force,and the Special Operations Forces. It is commanded by the WPK Central Military Commission,which is chaired by the WPK general secretary,and the president of the State Affairs;both posts are currently headed by Kim Jong Un.
Wonsu is the highest military rank in the armed forces of North Korea and South Korea.
In the North Korean government,the Cabinet is the administrative and executive body. The North Korean government consists of three branches:administrative,legislative,and judicial. However,they are not independent of each other,but all branches are under the exclusive political leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
Kim Yong-chun was a North Korean soldier and politician. He was a leader of the North Korean military. He held the North Korean military rank Chasu,was Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea,and was Minister of People's Armed Forces. He held a minor post within the Workers Party.
O Jin-u was a North Korean general and politician. He was a close associate of Kim Il Sung. O served under Kim in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army,and then as commander of Kim's bodyguard. He was a founding officer of the Korean People's Army (KPA),fought in the Korean War,and was a Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission from 1972 until dying in 1995. He was considered to be the most powerful person in North Korea after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il,a hardliner,and a strong supporter of North Korea's nuclear program.
The Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (CMC) is an organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) which heads the Korean People's Army (KPA).
Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho was a North Korean military officer who was Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army from 2009 to 2012,as well as a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea from September 2010 to July 2012.
Kim Jong-gak is a Korean People's Army (KPA) official. He was a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He served as Minister of Defence briefly in 2012,and Director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA in 2018.
Jon Pyong-ho was a North Korean officer and politician who served as the Chief Secretary of the Korean Workers Party (KWP) Committee of the North Korean Cabinet,and director of the DPRK Cabinet Political Bureau before his retirement in 2010. Jon was described as the 'Chief architect of North Korea's nuclear programme'. Jon was a general of the Korean People's Army and a close adviser to the late Kim Jong-il.
The Ministry of Defence is the government agency under the State Affairs Commission tasked with general administrative and logistical coordination of the Korean People's Army (KPA). The current Minister of National Defence is General No Kwang-chol.
Hyon Yong-chol was a North Korean general and Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) politician. He served as Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2015. In 2015,he was reportedly removed from his post.
General Kim Kyok-sik was a defence minister of North Korea.
Ri Yong-gil is a North Korean military officer who is currently a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Chief of the General Staff.
Ri Myong-su is the former chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army from 2016 to 2018.
The Organization and Guidance Department (OGD),or the Organizational Leadership Department created in 1946,is a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK),the ruling party of North Korea. Its central responsibility is to implement the directives and teachings of the Great Leaders comrade Kim Il Sung,comrade Kim Jong Il,and comrade Kim Jong Un. The department was initially a department within the WPK General Affairs Department,but eventually spun off and was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 2nd Central Committee as the Organization Committee.
Pak Yong-sik is a senior North Korean military officer and Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) politician,who served as the country's defence minister from 2015 to 2018. Pak is the 6th Defense Minister appointed by Kim Jong Un. Pak is a member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Kim Su-gil is a North Korean general and politician. He was the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) from when he replaced Kim Jong-gak in May 2018 until January 2021. Actually,since 1 January 2023,he is the Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang WPK Committee.
The Pyongyang Defence Command,also known as the Pyongyang Defense Corps is a military area and corps of the Korean People's Army based out of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
Pak Jong-chon is a North Korean Marshal who is a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
Kwon Yong-jin is a North Korean politician and military officer who currently serves as the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army since January 2021.
