The spiritual origins of Korean Police organization date to the Police Department of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. After the end of the decades-long Japanese occupation of Korea, United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) created the Police Administration Bureau under the U.S. military government, and established a Police Department in every province. Today’s agency was created in 1991, reshuffling the National Security Headquarters in Ministry of Home Affairs () to the National Police Agency.