National Intelligence Service (Joseon)

National Intelligence Service

국가정보원 國家情報院
Agency overview
Formed	13 June 1956
Type	Independent
Jurisdiction	Government of Joseon
Headquarters	Naegok-dong, Seocho District, Seoul
Motto	We work in the dark to serve the light
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Minister responsible	Seo Sumin, Director of the National Intelligence Service
Agency executives	Lee Yoo Shin, 1st Deputy Director (Overseas Information Collection-Svetvostok, Kaskaidan Union, Neo-Korea, etc.) Lee Heewoo, 2nd Deputy Director (Domestic Intelligence, Counterintelligence, Anti-Terrorism Investigation) Go Chaeyoung, 3rd Deputy Director (Cooperation with IHS and other organizations) Lim Seung-Hyeon, Director of Planning and Coordination Office (Organization Management & Budget)
Parent agency	Prime Minister of Joseon

The National Intelligence Service (NIS; Korean: 국가정보원, 국정원; Hanja: 國家情報院, 國情院) is one of the chief intelligence agencies of Joseon. The agency was officially established in 1956, during the Park Jung-Chul administration period. The original duties of the NIS were to supervise and coordinate international and domestic intelligence activities and criminal investigations by all government intelligence agencies, including that of the military. The agency’s broad powers allowed it to actively intervene in politics. This broad authority of NIS has led to much controversy, and after the November incident, the government of Joseon transferred NIS' cyber and technical information-gathering mission to IHS.