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KCIA

National Intelligence Service
국가정보원
National Intelligence Service (South Korea) (logo).gif
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Agency overview
Formed June 13th, 1961
Preceding agencies
  • Korea Central Intelligence Agency (1961–1981)
  • Agency for National Security Planning (1981–1999)
Jurisdiction Government of South Korea
Headquarters Naegok-dong, Seoul
Motto Anonymous dedication to freedom and truth
Employees Classified
Annual budget Classified
Agency executive
  • Lee byung-Ho, Director
Parent agency President of South Korea
Website www.nis.go.kr (Korean)
eng.nis.go.kr
National Intelligence Service
Hangul 국가정보원
Hanja 國家情報院
Revised Romanization Gukga Jeongbowon
McCune–Reischauer Kukka Chŏngbowŏn

Coordinates: 37°28′01″N 127°04′30″E / 37.467041°N 127.075068°E / 37.467041; 127.075068

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) (대한민국국가정보원, 국정원) is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) (중앙정보부), during the rule of President Park Chung-hee's military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, which displaced the Second Republic of South Korea. The original duties of the KCIA were to supervise and coordinate both international and domestic intelligence activities and criminal investigation by all government intelligence agencies, including that of the military. The agency's broad powers allowed it to actively intervene in politics.

The agency took on the name Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) (국가안전기획부) in 1981, as part of a series of reforms instituted by the Fifth Republic of South Korea under President Chun Doo-hwan. The ANSP is colloquially known as 안기부 "Angibu" in South Korea. Besides trying to acquire intelligence on North Korea and suppress South Korean activists, the ANSP, like its predecessor, was heavily involved in activities outside of its sphere, including domestic politics and even promoting the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.


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