Ministry of State Security

E536279

government ministry intelligence agency secret police organization

The Ministry of State Security is North Korea’s secret police and intelligence agency responsible for internal security, political surveillance, and counterintelligence operations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of State Security canonical	2
State Security Department	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government ministry ⓘ intelligence agency ⓘ secret police organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bowiseong (Korean romanization, common short name) NERFINISHED ⓘ MSS (North Korea) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Ministry of People’s Security (North Korea) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconnaissance General Bureau (North Korea) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	North Korea ⓘ
employs	informant networks ⓘ intelligence officers ⓘ secret police officers ⓘ
hasFunction	counter-espionage ⓘ ideological control ⓘ preventing coups ⓘ protecting state secrets ⓘ protecting the North Korean regime ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pyongyang NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Juche NERFINISHED ⓘ Songun NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Korean ⓘ
loyalTo	Kim family regime NERFINISHED ⓘ Workers’ Party of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	extensive domestic surveillance ⓘ human rights abuses as reported by defectors and international organizations ⓘ repression of political dissent ⓘ
operates	political prison camps system (through security apparatus) ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	State Security Department (North Korea) NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	border security-related intelligence ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ identifying political dissent ⓘ internal security ⓘ investigating anti-state activities ⓘ monitoring political loyalty ⓘ political surveillance ⓘ surveillance of citizens ⓘ surveillance of foreign visitors ⓘ surveillance of political elites ⓘ
subordinateTo	State Affairs Commission of North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Leader of North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAgency	civilian intelligence agency ⓘ domestic security agency ⓘ
usesMethod	detention ⓘ interrogation ⓘ monitoring communications ⓘ monitoring travel ⓘ surveillance ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

North Korean government → coreInstitution → Ministry of State Security ⓘ

North Korean political system → securityApparatus → Ministry of State Security ⓘ

Ministry of State Security of North Korea → formerName → Ministry of State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: State Security Department