Updated June 4 at 14:00 KST to include evidence from a May 28 Korean Central Television (KCTV) broadcast on the ministry’s name change.
North Korea has likely changed the name of its Ministry of People’s Security back to “Ministry of Social Security,” a state media report showed this week, in what represents a notable rebranding of one of the DPRK’s top policing bodies.
The news follows the reported replacement of the ministry’s top official, with South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) saying in February that Choe Pu Il had been replaced by Kim
Updated June 4 at 14:00 KST to include evidence from a May 28 Korean Central Television (KCTV) broadcast on the ministry's name change.
North Korea has likely changed the name of its Ministry of People's Security back to "Ministry of Social Security," a state media report showed this week, in what represents a notable rebranding of one of the DPRK's top policing bodies.
Jeongmin Kim is a Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim