General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army

The General Staff Department (GSD) of the Korean People's Army (KPA) is the senior military leadership of the armed forces of North Korea responsible for its administrative, operational and logistical needs.

The current Chief of the General Staff is Vice Marshal Ri Yong-gil.

[1][2] The GSD is the principal administrative body of the KPA besides the Ministry of Defense, which gives it the authority to do the following: