Intelligence

Reconnaissance General Bureau

정찰총국

Security domain
Intelligence
What it is
bureau · agency (level 3)
Founded
2009
Public mandate
Described by the US Treasury as North Korea's primary intelligence organisation; North Korea itself publishes no mandate.
Acknowledged by
US Treasury press release jl9733 (2 January 2015): designation of the Reconnaissance General Bureau under E.O. 13687 (official site)
Active headcount
not published
Identifiers
factbase.org/org/966KX34E52 · Q12613368