Korean People's Army (Homefront: The Revolution)

For the KPA as it appears in Homefront, see Korean People's Army (Homefront).

Korean People's Army
Game(s)	Homefront: The Revolution
Country	North Korea
Leader(s)	John Tae-se

The Korean People's Army is the main military force of North Korea in Homefront: The Revolution. It is responsible for the occupation of the United States. It heavily relies on its technological superiority thanks to the APEX Corporation, and the two are intertwined to the point of being indistinguishable at times.

History

In 2025, the KPA was deployed to the United States and placed the country under military occupation. Initially, the KPA was to provide supplies and humanitarian relief to America to help it recover from its poverty that had been ongoing from 2008 until leaving the country when the United States settle its war debt to North Korea.

However, within a few years into the occupation, the KPA forsake its humanitarian mission and gradually become the oppressive ruler of the United States. The KPA sought to strip mine America's resources to repay the debt and brutalizing the American people in response to the Resistance movement against the occupation. After a string of successful uprisings, the KPA enacted a contingency plan to permanently suppress occupied regions that fell to the Resistance: Utilizing airships to unleash gas upon Resistance-controlled cities. Boston, Pittsburgh, and New Orleans were destroyed in such a manner, in what's considered a clear violation of the Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of gasses in warfare.

In 2029, however, the KPA's occupation began to waver. The KPA lost control of Philadelphia to the Resistance after failing to gas the entire city, and soon uprisings began occurring in other KPA-controlled cities. However, after weeks of fighting, the KPA managed to crush the Resistance movement's uprising and eventually dispersed the last Resistance cell in Philadelphia. But the KPA's victory did not last long. NATO shortly launched a full-scale assault against the KPA in America in response to North Korea's threat posed to Europe. NATO, through help from the Resistance, destroyed the APEX satellite network which disabled the KPA's weapons system from destroying the European invasion force.

Structure

A variant KPA emblem.

The KPA is more than just a conventional military and acts as a direct extension of the political will of the Korean government. Overseen by the Military High Commission in Pyongyang, it is responsible not just for projecting military power, but also humanitarian aid and disaster relief, centralized through the KPAID program.

In the occupied United States, the KPA has total control over the country, controlling politics through the Emergency Administration, the Occupational Congress, and opportunists like Mayor Simpson, and dividing American society by clever use of collaborators and associated programs, such as the KPA Liaison Program. These measures are both to reduce the effectiveness of resistance and act as social engineering, remaking American society in the Korean image. At the same time, the KPA National Logistics Office the asset stripping of the United States, down to clearing woodlands (including national parks) for timber, then excavating the resources beneath, using the latest Korean technologies at their disposal. Any resistance to the destruction of nature is dealt with swiftly using extreme force. The ruthless efficiency of the KPA has resulted in a situation where within just four years of the occupation, 15% of available resources have been strip-mined already.

Camps

The most insidious decision of the KPA occupation was the abduction of children. The KPA enacted a nationwide policy of separating parents from their children, officially to place them in education camps where they would receive the best available education in order to prepare for the post-debt future. In reality, the children became hostages, completely separated from their parents, who were not permitted to remain in contact, aside from the occasional letter. Some refused to let their children go to the camps, instead reporting them as dead and keeping them safe at home, though completely isolated from the world.

While collaborators tried their best to believe the lies, regular citizens understood that they were being brainwashed at best, turned into unquestioning drones of the Korean regime. The worst case scenario was unimaginable, even to the most hardened Resistance fighters.

Law

KPA laws are codified in the Koreans People Army Code and occupation laws in the Civic Statute/Code. The basic requirements outlined for the citizens of occupied America are:

• Obey curfew from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM (#CC-7830),
• No vandalism, including graffiti (#CC-3959),
• Carry your ID at all times (#CC-7975),
• No weapons for any American (#CC-6808),
• Do as informed by KPA personnel (#CC-8303).

The punishments for violating these basic rules (called "anti-social behavior") are typically arrest, incarceration, and suspension of ration cards for the offender's family. This is particularly common in areas subjected to level one anti-hostility measures, which boils down to arresting suspected terrorists on sight and responding to any resistance with extreme force, including any aggression towards KPA officers or collaborators.

Penalties for further violations are harsher, with immediate execution without trial a common punishment for terrorist activities, insurgency, collusion with people guilty of aforementioned crimes, and even anti-social behavior during a lockdown. Such extrajudicial murder appears to have been introduced as part of anti-terror legislation, in response to Resistance activities. Other punishments include confinement in Iso Boxes in Restricted Zones, which cause permanent trauma and have a significant risk of killing the detainee. In at least one instance, the KPA publicly executed a resistance leader by using an Iso Box as a gas chamber.

Despite their high technology, the KPA is not particularly discriminating when it comes to targets. Cases of a mistaken identity are common, with surviving victims of the brutality denied medical support or even an apology.

Soldiers

Peacekeepers.

All soldiers of the KPA deployed in the United States are referred to as Peacekeepers, as the occupation of the United States has been termed a peacekeeping operation, rather than a war. Despite the amount of wealth flowing to Korea from the occupied US, the high number of Korean casualties due to constant Resistance attacks has led to public concerns. In response, the KPA Vice Marshal proposed reducing troop deployments from twelve months to nine, reducing the number of active duty personnel by 6%, and expanding the KPA's unmanned ground and aerial fleet by thirty thousand units by 2030. However, a withdrawal from North America was not considered. KPA troops don't seem to be enthusiastic about the occupation either, with frustration and resentment towards both commanders and Americans common. Many are well aware that the occupation is simply bleeding the country dry, but strict discipline and unquestioning obedience towards superiors drilled into them means that, at worst, KPA soldiers will grumble and complain, but still carry out their duties. Due to their brutality, they are often being lynched to death by angry civilians every time the Resistance gains control in any area.

Insignia

Apart from the enclosed star distinguishing them as members of the KPA, every soldier carries a prominently displayed set of three hexagrams from the I Ching, ䷟䷿䷑ (hexagrams 32, 64, and 18), which represent:

• ䷟: Perseverance, the idea of endurance and perseverance through challenging times. It suggests the need for patience, resilience, and the ability to withstand difficulties in order to achieve long-term success.
• ䷿: Before Completion, a stage of transition and uncertainty, where a situation or endeavor is nearing completion but has not yet reached its full potential. It represents a time of anticipation, preparation, and careful attention to detail.
• ䷑: Work on that Which Decayed, the importance of remaining vigilant and avoiding complacency, even when success seems within reach. It encourages one to address any remaining challenges, tie up loose ends, and ensure that all necessary elements are in place before moving forward.

Troop types

Peacekeeper Soldier

Peacekeepers are the standard military troops of the KPA.

Peacekeeper Captains

Dressed in distinctive red armour, Peacekeeper captains are responsible for organizing and leading lesser peacekeepers.

Heavy Peacekeeper

Resistance members sneak behind a Heavy Peacekeeper.

Heavy Peacekeepers are heavy support units equipped with a heavily armoured exosuit and are armed with a heavy machine gun.

Collaborators

The Collaborators, also known as the "Liaison Officers", are Americans who are working for the KPA, for their benefit and their wealth. Known collaborators include James Crawford and Mayor William Simpson.

Chemical Troopers

Peacekeeper personnel that specialized in handling nerve gas for Duster Drones.

Shock Troopers

CQB combatants of the KPA. Armed with shotguns.

Rocket Tropers

Anti Armor soldiers of the KPA. Armed with rocket launchers.

Sniper Peacekeepers

A Sniper Peacekeeper is about to be killed by Brady.

The sniper of the KPAs. This type of Peacekeeper often needs to be killed to raise the Heart and Mind meter in the Red Zone. All sniper peacekeepers are female.

Technology

All firearms of the KPA are developed by the APEX Corporation's Advanced Weapons Division and equipped with a biometric system. All KPA weaponry is user-ID locked (via fingerprint identification) to render them useless in the hands of enemy combatants. Despite the Resistance cannot use KPA firearms, their ammo still can be used on Resistance homemade weapons built resulting in the Resistance often stealing ammo from the corpses of KPA soldiers.

The KPA also relies heavily on integrated communication, which makes them highly vulnerable when the APEX satellite network is destroyed since it creates a massive reduction in their army combat efficiency. Furthermore, without the satellite network, the KPA no longer can track the activities of the Resistance leading them more and more vulnerable to guerrilla attacks.

Weapons

• APEX Biometric Shotgun
• APEX Biometric Assault Rifle
• APEX Biometric Battle Rifle
• APEX Biometric LMG
• APEX Biometric Pistol

Drones

• APEX Wolverine
• Duster Drone
• Goliath
• KPA Unmanned Ground Vehicle
• Seeker

Vehicles

• KPA Airship
• KPA Armored Car
• KPA Helicopter
• KPA Tank
• KPA Truck

Notable Members

• John Tae-se (Possibly Marshal of the Republic)
• Ki-jung (Rank Unknown)

Gallery

KPA logo

Behind the scenes

• The acronym is not consistently expanded in the game, spelled variously as Koreans People Army, Korean People's Army, and Korean Peoples Army. In Korean it is consistently spelled 조선인민군 (MR: Chosŏn inmin'gun), Korean People's Army. It is also referred to in some places as simply the North Korean Military.
• I Ching hexagrams link the game to Philip K. Dick's 1962 classic, The Man in the High Castle, set in an alternative reality where the United States is under occupation by fascist Japan and Nazi Germany. The book played a crucial role in the novel's writing, and divination using hexagrams is a reoccurring plot point.