Worker-Peasant Red Guards

Worker-Peasant Red Guards
로농적위군
Emblem of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards
FoundedJanuary 1959 (1959-01)
Country North Korea
AllegianceKim Jong Un
TypeParamilitary militia
Role
  • Civil Defense
  • Defensive Operations
  • Assistance in maintaining public order
Size5 million personnel
ColorsFront:

Back:

Regimental standard


Banner used by militia units
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
로농적위군
Hancha
勞農赤衛軍
Revised RomanizationRonongjeogwigun
McCune–ReischauerRonongjŏgwigun

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

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