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{{Politics of North Korea|expanded=Related topics }}
The '''Ministry of Social Security''' commonly known as '''''BoAn''''' ({{lang-ko|보안}}; [[Hanja]]: 保安) or the '''Ministry of People's Security''' is the [[Ministry of home affairs|interior ministry]] and principal [[law enforcement agency]] within [[North Korea]].<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322222/North-Korea/280873/Local-government North Korea]", accessed August 29, 2014.</ref> The ministry serves as the official public and internal security force, responsibile for maintaining public order and protecting key facilities including railways and other forms of transport. It also maintains a large paramilitary internal force, known as the [[Social Security Forces]].
Unlike most ministries in North Korea, which operate under the [[Cabinet of North Korea|Cabinet]], the Ministry of Social Security is directly supervised by the [[State Affairs Commission]], though in the past it has been subordinate to other national bodies.<ref name=unikorea>{{Cite web|title=Organizational Chart of North Korean Leadership|location=Seoul|publisher=Political and Military Analysis Division, Intelligence and Analysis Bureau; Ministry of Unification |date=January 2018|access-date=17 October 2018|url=https://www.unikorea.go.kr/cms/getFile.do?file=2018012913454378143.pdf&orgname=north_korean_Leadership.pdf&mgmtId=MGMT_0000000754&siteId=SITE_00003&filePath=eng_unikorea/common/file/&count=Y#.pdf}}</ref> The current minister is [[Ri Yong-gil]]. According to Fyodor Tertitskiy, columnist at ''[[NK News]]'', prospective officers are chosen by recommendation by a local [[Workers' Party of Korea|Korean Workers Party]] (WPK) Committee, although some are chosen because of their [[songbun]] status.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/2016/08/daily-duty-inside-north-koreas-regular-police-force/|title=Daily duty: Inside North Korea's regular police force {{!}} NK News – North Korea News|date=2016-08-10|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref>
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