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KPA may refer to: Keele Postgraduate Association, Keele University, UK, formerly Keele Research Association (KRA) Kensington (Olympia) station, London, England, National Rail station code; Kenya Ports Authority; Kiln phosphoric acid, a dry process to produce phosphoric acid at high temperature in a kiln; Kilopascal (kPa), a unit of pressure
The Korean People's Army (KPA; Korean: 조선인민군; MR: Chosŏn inmin'gun) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Ground Force, the Naval Force, the Air Force, the Strategic Force, and the Special Operations Forces.
Resembles an AKS-74 but with a top-folding stock and has typically a helical magazine attached or in some cases a 30-round magazine. Preferred by mainly Special Operations Forces within the KPA [5] AK-105 Russia North Korea: North Korean copy of the Russian AK-105 with a shortened 20-round magazine carrying 5.45×39mm ammunition.
The pascal (Pa) or kilopascal (kPa) as a unit of pressure measurement is widely used throughout the world and has largely replaced the pounds per square inch (psi) unit, except in some countries that still use the imperial measurement system or the US customary system, including the United States.
North Korean special operations forces existed by late-1968 when maritime commandos made the unsuccessful Uljin–Samcheok Landings against South Korea. [8] According to Kim Il Sung, the Special Operation Force (then known as the VIII Special Purposes Corps) was "the strongest elite force of the entire Korean People's Army and is the unique vanguard force of the Armed Forces of the Democratic ...
The KPA 18th Division, on the point of moving from Seoul to the Naktong front when the landing came at Inchon, was instead ordered to retake Inchon, and its advanced elements had engaged the 1st Marines in the vicinity of Sosa. On the 17th, KPA engineer units began mining the approaches to the Han River near Seoul.
Unit 124 was established from thirty-one handpicked officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the army of North Korea, specifically to infiltrate South Korea across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and assassinate Park Chung Hee, the President of South Korea, in his official residence at the Blue House in Seoul.
The Korea Petroleum Association (KPA) is a South Korean oil, petroleum and lubricant association. It is headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South ...