National Police Agency (South Korea)
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The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), also known as the Korean National Police (KNP), is one of the national police organizations in South Korea. It is run under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety[3] and is headquartered in Seodaemun, Seoul.[4] The agency is divided into 18 local police agencies, including the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Local police agencies are not independent of the national police.
Korean National Police Agency 대한민국 경찰청 | |
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Common name | Korean National Police |
Abbreviation | KNPA |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1 August 1991; 32 years ago (1991-08-01) |
Preceding agency |
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Employees | 126,227 (2020)[1] |
Annual budget | ₩11.36 trillion (2020)[2] |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | South Korea |
Operations jurisdiction | South Korea |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 97, Tongil-ro, Seodaemun, Seoul |
Agency executives |
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Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior and Safety |
Local police agencies | 18
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Website | |
Official website | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 경찰청 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gyeongchalcheong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngch'alch'ŏng |
The origins of Korean Police organization date to the Police Department of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. After the Division of Korea in 1945, the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) created the Police Administration Bureau under its command, and established a police department in every province, relying upon the police force from the colonial period to maintain law and order.[5] A Bureau of National Security was established in 1948 before its demise in 1974.[6]
The present-day agency was created in 1991, reshuffling the National Security Headquarters in the Ministry of Home Affairs (Korean: 내무부 치안본부) to the National Police Agency.[7]