China News Service, July 30. According to Korea Broadcasting International (KBS), on the 30th, the Korean Democratic Party, the government and the Blue House decided to change the name of the Korea National Intelligence Service to the Foreign Security Intelligence Service and prohibit it from participating in domestic politics. activity.
According to reports, the chairman of the Common Democratic Party Policy Committee Zhao Zhengshi said at a press conference that the party, government, and youth held a high-level consultative meeting in the National Assembly that morning to discuss the follow-up measures for the reform of the power structure and made the above decision.
According to the report, in order to reform the National Intelligence Agency, the party and government youths decided to revoke some of the organization’s powers and strengthen external supervision while changing its name. It also further increased the criminal penalties for staff of the National Intelligence Agency for illegal acts.
The National Intelligence Agency is the South Korean intelligence and national security agency, modeled after the US Central Intelligence Agency. This institution was initially named as the "Central Intelligence Department" in June 1961, was renamed the "National Security Planning Department" in January 1981, and was renamed the "National Intelligence Agency" in January 1999. Currently, Park Ji-won serves as the director of the National Intelligence Agency.