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The State Security Department of North Korea or the Ministry of State Security is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader.〔Library of Congress Country Studies〕〔 It was established in 1973 and serves as the secret police of North Korea. It also is involved in the operation of North Korea's concentration camps and various other hidden activities.〔Bermudez (2001), pg 198–203.〕 It is reputed to be one of the most brutal secret police forces in the world, and has been involved in numerous human rights abuses.〔 It is one of two agencies which provides security or protection to North Korean officials and VIPs alongside the Supreme Guard Command.〔〔http://www.apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/BytesAndBullets/CH13.pdf〕 ==History== Some defectors and sources have suggested that unlike its Eastern Bloc Counterparts, State Security functions are actually conducted by several larger and different security bodies that operate under the Party or the Army, each with its own unique responsibilities and classified names that are referred to by code (i.e. Room 39), and that the Agency is little more than a hollow shell used by the elite to coordinate their activities and provide cover for them. The post of Security Department head was left vacant after Minister Ri Chun-su's death in 1987, although it was ''de facto'' if not ''de jure'' controlled by Kim Jong-il and the WPK Organization and Guidance Department he headed.〔(U Tong Chuk Appointed Minister of State Security ). North Korea Leadership Watch, 12 November 2011.〕 In 1998, the SSD migrated under the National Defence Commission, also chaired by Kim Jong-il.〔(U Tong Chuk Appointed Minister of State Security ). North Korea Leadership Watch, 12 November 2011.〕 Finally, in 2007, it was transferred under the WPK Administration Department, whose first vice director became responsible of the SSD daily work, but it continued to have obligations towards the Organization and Guidance Department.〔(U Tong Chuk Appointed Minister of State Security ). North Korea Leadership Watch, 12 November 2011.〕 In November 2011, it was reported that General U Tong-chuk had been appointed permanent minister of State Security,〔(General U Upped ). Intelligence Online, 10 November 2011.〕 the first of this kind since 1987, filling a post left unoccupied for 24 years. This was almost concurrent with General Ri Myong-su's appointment as minister of People's Security. Other sources also claimed that Kim Jong-un worked at the State Security Department before and/or after his anointment as heir apparent in September 2010.〔(NDC: Kim Jong-un in charge of intelligence ). North Korean Economic Watch, 21 April 2011.〕 Kim Won-hong was appointed minister in April 2012 as the position was restored following Kim Jong-il's death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「State Security Department」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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