Korean People's Navy

The Korean People's Army Navy (KPANF; Korean: 조선인민군 해군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 海軍; MR: Chosŏn-inmingun Haegun; lit. Korean People's Military Navy) or the Korean People's Navy (KPN) is the naval component of the Korean People's Army, the North Korean armed forces.

There are some 780 vessels including 70 midget submarines (including the Yono-class submarine and Sang-O-class submarine), 20 Romeo-class submarines, and about 140 air cushioned landing craft.

The North Korean navy is considered a brown-water (or riverine) navy with limited green water capabilities and operates mainly within the 50 kilometer exclusion zone. The fleet consists of east and west coast squadrons, which cannot support each other in the event of war with an adversary such as South Korea. The limited range of its vessels means that, even in peacetime, it is quite challenging for a ship on one coast to visit the other coast. By far North Korea operates only four confirmed green water vessels with plans of building at least two more. In theory, the Nampo-class corvettes may also be capable of green water operations. Perhaps the lack of replenishment oilers is the main factor, which by far prevents North Korea from deploying a decent sized green water navy.