The KPA faces its primary adversaries, the South Korean military and United States Forces Korea, across the Korean Demilitarized Zone, as it has since the Armistice Agreement of July 1953.
KPA menghadapi saingan utamanya, Pasukan Bersenjata Republik Korea dan Pasukan Amerika Serikat Korea, di sepanjang Zona Demilitarisasi Korea, semenjak Perjanjian Gencatan Senjata pada Juli 1953.