The Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG; Korean: 로농적위군), also translated as Workers and Peasants' Red Militia (WPRM),[2] is a paramilitary force in North Korea as the largest civil defense force in North Korea.

[3] The militia is organized on a provincial/city/town/village level, and structured on a brigade, battalion, company, and platoon basis.

North Korea disbanded the Self-Defense Forces, previously under the command of the Ministry of Social Security, and on 14 January, 1959.

The organization was formally established with workers, farmers, intellectuals, and students joining it, and had a force of 500,000 people.

The militia maintains infantry small arms used by the Korean People's Army, albeit mainly with older models.