The National Police Agency in South Korea is the only police organization in South Korea and is overseen by the National Public Safety Commission. As a national police force it provides all policing services throughout the country. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The National Public Safety Commission is the policy making and oversight body of the National Police Agency of South Korea. ... National police are the primary source of law enforcement activities in some countries, such as Italy, France and Japan, and are organised on a national basis. ...

The South Korean National Police Agency is headquartered in Seoul and is divided into 14 local police agencies, including the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Local police agencies are not independent of the national police. There were 96,000 police officers in 2004. Jump to: navigation, search Seoul (서울, listen [▶]) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Local police agencies

• Seoul Police Agency with 31 police stations and 24,736 police officers
• Busan Police Agency with 14 police stations and 7,736 police officers
• Daegu Police Agncy with 8 police stations and 4,499 police officers
• Incheon Police Agency with 8 police stations and 4,437 police officers
• Ulsan Police Agency with 3 police stations and 1,829 police officers
• Gyeonggi Police Agency with 30 police stations and 12,483 police officers
• Gangwon Police Agency with 17 police stations and 3,694 police officers
• Chungbuk (North Chungcheong) Police Agency with 11 police stations and 2,901 police officers
• Chungnam (South Chungcheong) Police Agency 19 police stations and 5,808 police officers
• Cheonbuk (North Cheolla) Police Agency with 15 police stations and 4,498 police officers
• Cheonnam (South Cheolla) Police Agency with 26 police stations and 7,408 police officers
• Gyeongbuk (North Gyeongsang) Police Agency with 24 police stations and 5,765 police officers
• Gyeongnam (South Gyeongsang) Police Agency with 22 police stations and 5,589 police officers
• Jeju Police Agency with 2 police stations and 1,282 police officers

Busan tower by night Haeundae beach at dawn, February 2005 Busan Metropolitan City, also commonly referred to as Pusan, is the largest harbor city in Korea, with a population of about 4 million, Busan is South Koreas second largest metropolis next to Seoul. ... Daegu is the 4th largest metropolitan area in South Korea, and is officially called Daegu Metropolitan City. ... Incheon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city and major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. ... Ulsan, a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, lies on the Sea of Japan (East Sea), 70 kilometres north of Busan at the geographical location 35°33′ N 129°19′ E. In the past the city operated as a major center of Korean whaling, which led to... Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. ... Gangwon (Gangwon-do) is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. ... Geography The province is part of the Hoseo region, and is bounded on the west by South Chungcheong province, on the north by Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces, on the south by North Jeolla province, and on the east by North Gyeongsang. ... Geography The province is part of the Hoseo region, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea, on the north by Gyeonggi province, on the south by North Jeolla province, and on the east by North Chungcheong province. ... North Gyeongsang is a province in eastern South Korea. ... South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. ... Jeju is the smallest province of South Korea, situated on its largest island. ...

Combat police

The South Korean combat police are recruited from military conscripts and deal with counterintelligence and riot policing.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Seoul Metropolitan Police Department (SMPA)

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External links

• KNPA Official website
• SMPA Official website