@article{ART003117602},
author={Kim, Seon-ho},
title={The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950},
journal={The Journal of Northeast Asia Research},
issn={2005-4432},
year={2024},
volume={39},
number={2},
pages={5-35},
doi={10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Seon-ho
TI - The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950
JO - The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
PY - 2024
VL - 39
IS - 2
PB - The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
SP - 5
EP - 35
SN - 2005-4432
AB - The central department of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) consists of six bureaus and about 180 affiliated departments. The MHA exerted an overwhelming influence on North Korean society by expanding its organization three times as compared to the North Korean People’s Committee’s Home Affairs Bureau and establishing an internal agency from the center to the provinces. In addition, the MHA secured the new government from domestic and foreign threats and closely controlled the residents by organizing various departments related to police affairs, political crime, and resident life. The central department of the MHA was occupied by ethnic Koreans in USSR and Korean Volunteer Army(KVA) group. In particular, the KPA group was in control of the MHA and the Home Affairs Army, and the ethnic Koreans in USSR took control of the political security agency. In addition, North Korea’s political forces achieved checks and balances against the armed forces by sharing the roles of the People’s Army and the Home Affairs Army from the Northeastern Anti-Japanese Union Army Group and KVA Group. The MHA made the rank, career, and politics of the officers the standard for the selection of officers, and deliberately employed the working class who worked for a long time at the internal affairs agency.
KW - North Korean Army;Home Affairs Army;Korean Volunteer Army;Northeastern Anti-Japanese Union Army;Nomenclatura System;Kim Il-Sung;Park Il-Woo
DO - 10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
ER -
Kim, Seon-ho. (2024). The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 39(2), 5-35.
Kim, Seon-ho. 2024, "The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950", The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, vol.39, no.2 pp.5-35. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
Kim, Seon-ho "The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 39.2 pp.5-35 (2024) : 5.
Kim, Seon-ho. The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950. 2024; 39(2), 5-35. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
Kim, Seon-ho. "The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 39, no.2 (2024) : 5-35.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
Kim, Seon-ho. The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 39(2), 5-35. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
Kim, Seon-ho. The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research. 2024; 39(2) 5-35. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
Kim, Seon-ho. The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950. 2024; 39(2), 5-35. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
Kim, Seon-ho. "The Organization and Officers of the North Korean Ministry of Home Affairs, 1948~1950" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 39, no.2 (2024) : 5-35.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2024.39.2.001
