REORGANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Korea
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This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the mite 1 States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793ind 794. of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an Unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SUBJECT Reorganization of Administrative Units
in North korea
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
12 June 1953
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25X1 Comment. A reorganization of local administrative districts: in North
orea was announced in broadcasts from Pyongyang on 27 and 31 December 1952,
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1952 and 6 January 1953. The following report furnishes additional details.
Redesignatfon:,of local Adtaini3trative Unitd
1. In February 1953 the following administrative changes were being planned by
the North Korean Peoples Committee. These changesbhad already been put into
effect in areas near the front and were to be enforced throughout North Korea
by the end of March 1953.
a. Existing gun were to be divided into two or three parts.
b. Existing myon were to be abolished..
c. Ri and ni, the lowest administrative units, were to be.reorgsLnized,
with two or three of the existing ri or ni being combined into one,
These new ri and ni would be under the direct administrative control
of the new gun
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2. By mid-February-1953 approximately seventeen'new gun had been; established;
in North Korea, and the areas of the old gun had been redesignated so that
all gun would cover areas similar in size.
3. By 5 January 1953 Poch f ong-myon (ii 39-57) E 127-49) (Cv.9922 had been divided
and a part had been added to T'oejo-rayon (N-39-55, E 127-~.7 (CV-9619). At the
same .time T'oejo- on was redesignated as a gun. In like manner Sinp'o-myon
(N 39-31, E 1.26-33)(BU_8977) was named a gun.
4+. On 20 January Yonbaek-gun (A 37-50, E 126-16)(BS-5920) was reorganized into
three new gun: Paekch'on-gun, Yonan-gun, and Pyoksong-gun.
Political Reorganization
Eligibility requirements for the Peoples Committees of the new ri, t'ong,2
and ku were to be as follows:
a. Those who had formerly held the position of chairman or above in myon
peoples committees, and those who had formerly held the position of
section chief or above in gun peoples committees would be eligible
for the new ri peoples committees.
b. Those who had been chairman of the old ri peoples committees would be
eligible for tong and ku peoples committees.
Results. of the Reorganization
6., lne reorganization, which'was carried'out for the purpose of seducing-the
nuLfoer of overnment officials and improving the efficiency of administra-
tion on the local level, resulted in loss of employment for many people.
Those who lost their positions under the reorganization were ordered to
volunteer for the North Korean army.
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25X1 Comment. The English equivalents of the Korean terms used in
this report to designate administrative units are as follows: gun,
county: rayon, sub-county; ri or ni, village.
25X1 Comment. "T'ong" is presumably a sub-division of a town or
village. The term "ku" is used in South Korea to indicate a sub-
division of Seoul, and may have an equivalent meaning for indicating
sub-divisions of large cities in North Korea.
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