MILITARY INFORMATION: UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA IN NORTH KOREA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000450006-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 30, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Korea
$U+3JEM' M11itarv Information! Uniforms and Insignia in
North Korea
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C--2 . The members of the North Korean. Peace Preservation Corps '?o An Tae Aq~ -111 4- ) 9
Peace Preservation Office (Po An Sc
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Pi Tae ;q- Railway Constabulary and Coast Guard Constabulary wear
their irtesignia an collar tabs similar to those worn by Jar anese Army personnel.
C-3 2. Ue,nbers of the Peace Preservation Corps (Po An Tae) wear light red collar
tabs with a red border. Cold stars and gold lines on the tabs designate rank.
C-6 3. Members of the Peace Preservation Office (Po An So) wear light red collar tabs.
c-6 4. Members of the regular Constabularyy and the Railway Constabulary wear light red
collar tabs with a black border.
C-5 Members of the Coast Guard Constabulary also wear light red collar tabs with a
black border., but the tabs differ olightly from those worn by members of the
regular Constabulary and the Railway Constabulary.
C-6 6.
Umbers of the Coast Guard Constabulary wear khaki unifortr.s.
C-.6 7. Members of the Railway and regular Constabulary, Peace Preservation Corps and
Peace Preservation Office wear brick uniforms.
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The officers of the Railway Constabulary wear uniforms different from those of
the enlisted men. The offic:erst tani.for .y resemble those of the Soviet Army
and the People's Amy of North Korea. The insi grsiLa are ww rn on shoulder boards
ins Ee~,ad of on collar tabs.
C--2 9. Members of the People e s Army, or Peace Preservation Corps Officers t Schools,
wear uniforms sind-lar to those worn by the Soviet Amor troops, with high
stand-up collars and with the inaigr,ia on shoulder boards. The shoulder boards
are similar to those used by the Soviets, but are slightly na.Lrpier.
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C-a 10. The branch of service of members of the People's Army, or Peace Preservation
Corps 0ficers' Schools, is designated by the color of the shoulder board.
,~ red background is used by the infantry, artillery and cavalry; a blue
background by the air force; and a black background by the signal corps.
There is a l~:rge star on the shoulder board in the samme position as the large
star with the harmer and sickle device on the shoulder board of the Soviet
soidler's uniform. I{owever, instead of the hammer and sickle, the Korean
national emblem is placed inside the star. Smaller stars and stripes are
used to denote rank. The officers' shoulder hoards have both the smaller stars
and strir]es to denote rank, but the enlisted :pen's shoulder boards have only
stripes to denote rank. There :I s no difference between the uniforms of the
officers and enlisted men except that the uniforms of the officers are made
from better material than those of the enlisted men.
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