Korean People's Army

E22286
armed forces military organization

The Korean People's Army is the military force of North Korea, encompassing its ground, naval, air, strategic, and special operations branches.

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All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
Korean People's Army canonical 36
Korean People’s Army 15
North Korean People’s Army 9

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
abbreviation Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: KPA
allegiance Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
borderFocus Korean Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
commanderInChiefTitle Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
controls nuclear weapons program of North Korea ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
doctrine forward defense posture near the Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
foundingDate 1948-02-08 ⓘ
hasComponent air defense forces ⓘ
ballistic missile forces ⓘ
conventional forces ⓘ
naval infantry and coastal defense units ⓘ
special operations forces ⓘ
hasConscription yes ⓘ
hasLanguage Korean ⓘ
hasPoliticalControl General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pyongyang ⓘ
ideology Juche ⓘ
Songun ⓘ
involvedInConflict Bombardment of Yeonpyeong ⓘ
Korean DMZ conflict ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Second Battle of Yeonpyeong ⓘ
various border skirmishes with South Korea ⓘ
militaryBranch Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force

Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Korean People's Army Ground Force

Korean People's Navy ⓘ
Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Special Operation Force of the Korean People's Army

Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army
motto Defend the Headquarters of the Revolution at the Cost of Our Lives ⓘ
nativeName Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 조선인민군
operatesIn North Korea ⓘ
surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
partOf state apparatus of North Korea ⓘ
primaryRole defense of North Korea ⓘ
secondaryRole regime protection ⓘ
serviceBranchType air force ⓘ
army ⓘ
navy ⓘ
special operations force ⓘ
strategic missile force ⓘ
subordinateTo Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ
State Affairs Commission of North Korea ⓘ
supremeLeader Kim Jong Un ⓘ
typeOfConscription universal military service for men ⓘ
usesEquipment Chinese-designed weapons ⓘ
Soviet-designed weapons ⓘ
indigenously produced North Korean weapons ⓘ
usesScript Hangul ⓘ

Referenced by (114)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean Armistice Agreement → signatory → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Battle of Pusan Perimeter → opponent → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean People’s Army
Battle of Pusan Perimeter → involvedForce → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean People’s Army
Inchon Landing → opposingForce → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean People’s Army
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge → militaryUnit → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People's Army units
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge → involves → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Panmunjom → governingBody → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army (North Korean side)
Military Demarcation Line → monitoredBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean military
Military Armistice Commission → partyInvolved → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army
North Korean General Nam Il → allegiance → Korean People's Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Nam Il
North Korean General Nam Il → militaryBranch → Korean People's Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Nam Il
Korean People's Army → nativeName → Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 조선인민군
Korean People's Army → abbreviation → Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: KPA
Korean People's Army → militaryBranch → Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People's Army Ground Force
Korean People's Army → militaryBranch → Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force
Korean People's Army → militaryBranch → Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army
Korean People's Army → militaryBranch → Korean People's Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Operation Force of the Korean People's Army
Kim Jong-suk → associatedWith → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People's Army (symbolically)
Kim Kyong-hui → allegiance → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission → monitorsParty → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission → worksWith → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People's Army representatives at Panmunjom
Workers' Party of Korea → controls → Korean People's Army ⓘ
S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
subject surface form: S-75 Dvina
this entity surface form: North Korean Air Defense Forces
Kim dynasty → controls → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Kim Jong Un → controls → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Songun → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army
Korea Standard Time → usedByMilitary → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean Air Force
Sukhoi Su-7 → operator → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean Air Force
Ilyushin Il-2 → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean Air Force
Chinese People's Volunteer Army infantry units → alliedWith → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Republic of Korea Army → primaryAdversaryPlanning → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army Ground Force
SVT-40 rifle → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
subject surface form: SVT-40
R-17 → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean Armed Forces
Choe Yong-gon → allegiance → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army
Choe Yong-gon → allegiance → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Liberation Army
UN naval forces → opposed → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean forces
Operation Chromite → opponent → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Chinese Second Phase Offensive → belligerent → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People's Army units
Nakdong River line → opposedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean forces
Nakdong River line → primaryAttacker → Korean People's Army ⓘ
Kim Chaek → allegiance → Korean People's Army ⓘ
T-34 medium tank → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean Army
Busan Perimeter → belligerent → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean People’s Army
PPSh-41 submachine gun → usedBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
subject surface form: PPSh-41
this entity surface form: North Korean Army
Second Battle of Seoul → opponent → Korean People's Army ⓘ
ROK I Corps → opposedForce → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army
French Battalion of the United Nations Organisation → primaryOpponent → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean forces
United States X Corps → opposedForce → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Korean People’s Army
Joint Security Area → administeredBy → Korean People's Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korean People’s Army