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Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA,Korean: 국방정보본부) is the military intelligence and combat support agency of the Republic of KoreaMinistry of National Defense (MND) tasked with advancing military intelligence through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world.
The agency is responsible for analysis and development of intelligence collection and counterintelligence systems to create military intelligence networks, clandestine and covert operations, countering hybrid threats, counterterrorism, executive protection, foreign military threat assessment to national security, information warfare, military cybersecurity and cyberwarfare, military intelligence as well as intelligence gathering and counterintelligence, protect classified military information and documents, psychological warfare, and support hybrid warfare operations.
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a unit under the direct control of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea established to manage matters related to military intelligence and military security and the establishment of military intelligence forces. Established in 1981, it is a military intelligence agency of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces that oversees intelligence and information collection work and is subordinate to the Intelligence Command and Defense Security Agency (777 Command).
It was created in imitation of the United StatesDefense Intelligence Agency (DIA). It is customary for the DIA director to be appointed by an Air Force lieutenant general, but in Korea, the head of the Defense Intelligence Headquarters is appointed by an Army lieutenant general or an Air Force lieutenant general..[1]
