North Korea’s military authorities conducted a sweeping inspection of military security activities over the last five years by corps-level security departments. The latest inspection was conducted by the ruling party’s Military Government Guidance Bureau and the Korean People’s Army’s General Political Bureau.

“A full-scale inspection of the military’s corps-level security bodies was conducted from early July to early this month per a No. 1 directive,” a Daily NK source in the North Korean military said recently, referring to an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“Personnel from the Military Government Guidance Bureau and the General Political Bureau conducted an unprecedented inspection, personally visiting the security bodies at corps’ headquarters and conducting an unprecedented inspection of the security bodies’ activities over the last five years.”

The latest inspection follows a decision taken during the 12th expanded plenary meeting of the ruling party’s Eighth Central Committee in June, with the Military Government Guidance Bureau and the General Political Bureau directly entrusted with the task.

The results of the inspection and personnel moves involving major officials were sent as a final report to the Central Committee on Aug. 8 as “documentation on the completion of a No. 1 directive.”