Pyongyang_Defense_Command
Pyongyang Defense Command
Military area
The Pyongyang Defence Command (Korean: 평양방위사령부), also known as the Pyongyang Defense Corps is a military area and corps of the Korean People's Army based out of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.[1][2]
The PDC is composed of 70,000 KPA personnel who, alongside the Supreme Guard Command and the III Corps, are responsible for the defense of the capital.[3][4] According to North Korea analyst Joseph F. Bermudez, the command operates, unlike its two counterparts, inside the Pyongyang area.[5]
It reports directly to the General Staff Department and is considered to be one of the many levers of power in the KPA.[6]