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The Reconnaissance General Bureau (Korean: 정찰총국; RGB, Reconnaissance Bureau of the General Staff Department) is a North Korean intelligence agency that manages the state's clandestine operations. Most of their operations have a specific focus on Japan, South Korea, and the United States. It was established in 2009
It is the direct successor of the General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army's Reconnaissance Bureau (which was responsible for several North Korean acts of espionage such as the 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident). In addition, two former offices of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) were moved into the Reconnaissance General Bureau, namely the WPK's External Investigations and Intelligence Department, also known as Office 35, and the WPK's Operations Department, which was responsible for kidnapping foreign nationals during the Cold War.
The RGB is features throughout the novel, Full Force and Effect.