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{{Short description|Military rank in North Korea}}
{{Infobox military rank
| name           = ''Ch'asu''<br />Vice-Marshal
| image          = DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg
| image_size     = 80
| caption        = Shoulder boards for the rank of ''Ch'asu''
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| country        = {{flag|North Korea}}
| service branch = [[File:Emblem of the Korean People's Army.svg|20px]] [[Korean People's Army]]
| abbreviation   = 
| rank           = 
| NATO rank      = 
| Non-NATO rank  = 
| formation      = 1953
| abolished      = 
| higher rank    = ''[[Wonsu]]''
| lower rank     = ''[[Daejang]]''
| equivalents    = 
| history        = 
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|img=
|width=75px
|hangul=차수
|hanja=次帥
|rr=Chasu
|mr=Ch'asu
|context=north
}}

'''''Ch'asu''''' ({{Korean |hangul = 차수 |hanja = 次帥 }}) is a superior [[Comparative military ranks of Korea|military rank]] of [[North Korea]], often translated as '''Vice Marshal'''.  The rank is senior to that of ''[[Daejang]]'' (General) and junior to that of ''[[Wonsu]]'' (Marshal).  The rank is seldom bestowed upon the professional military, and appears to be rather a combined political-military position.

The insignia for a ''chasu'' is superimposing a North Korean national crest upon a marshal's insignia star in the shoulder epaulette. Formerly, insignia for such rank holders was the [[emblem of North Korea]] until the present insignia was released in 1985.

The rank is often transliterated as ''ch'asu'', showing the difference with the Korean word for embroidery, usually transliterated as ''chasu'' ([[wikt:자수|자수]]).<ref>Korea newsreview - Volume 25  Page 29 1996 "Korean Heritage ''Chasu'', or embroidery, appears to have begun in the prehistoric era when the human race first started to make clothes."</ref>

==List of North Korean vice-marshals==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:70%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
! colspan=4 align="center"|'''Vice Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea'''<br /><small>조선민주주의인민공화국 차수</small>
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! colspan=2| Vice Marshal
! colspan=1| Date of promotion
! colspan=1| Notes
|-
| [[File:崔庸健 최용건.jpg|80px]]
| '''<big>[[Choe Yong-gon (army commander)|Choe Yong-gon]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">최용건</span><br />1900&ndash;1976
| 7 February 1953
|
|-
! colspan=4| '''Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army'''<br /><small>조선인민군 차수</small>
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! colspan=2| Vice Marshal
! colspan=1| Date of promotion
! colspan=1| Notes
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[O Jin-u]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">오진우</span><br />1917&ndash;1995
|14 April 1985
|Promoted to [[Wonsu|Marshal of the Korean People's Army]] on 20 April 1992.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ju To-il]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">주도일</span><br />1922&ndash;1994
|20 April 1992
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Ul-sol]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리을설</span><br />1921&ndash;2015
|20 April 1992
|Promoted to [[Wonsu|Marshal of the Korean People's Army]] on 8 October 1995.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Choe Kwang]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">최광</span><br />1918&ndash;1997
|20 April 1992
|Promoted to [[Wonsu|Marshal of the Korean People's Army]] on 8 October 1995.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Choe In-dok]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">최인덕</span><br />1920&ndash;2003
|20 April 1992
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Paek Hak-rim]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">백학림</span><br />1918&ndash;2006
|20 April 1992
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Tu-ik]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리두익</span><br />1921&ndash;2002
|20 April 1992
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Pong-ryul]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김봉률</span><br />1917&ndash;1995
|20 April 1992
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Kwang-jin (politician)|Kim Kwang-jin]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김광진</span><br />1927&ndash;1997
|20 April 1992
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Ik-hyon]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김익현</span><br />1916&ndash;2009
|15 April 1994
|
|-
|[[File:Cho Myong-nok (cropped).jpg|107x107px]]
|'''<big>[[Jo Myong-rok]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">조명록</span><br />1928&ndash;2010
|8 October 1995
| Promoted from Air Force
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Ha-il]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리하일</span><br />1935&ndash;2010
|8 October 1995
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Yong-chun]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김영춘</span><br />1936&ndash;2018
|8 October 1995
|Promoted to [[Wonsu|Marshal of the Korean People's Army]] on 14 April 2016.
|-
|[[File:Kim Il-chol as the Commander of the Korean People's Navy.jpg|89x89px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Il-chol]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김일철</span><br />1933&ndash;2023
|13 April 1997
|Promoted from People's Navy
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Jon Jae-son]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">전재선</span><br />born 1940
|13 April 1997
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Pak Ki-so]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">박기서</span><br />1929&ndash;2010
|13 April 1997
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Jong-san]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리종산</span><br />1922&ndash;2011
|13 April 1997
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Ryong-yon]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김룡연</span><br />1916&ndash;2008
|7 September 1998
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Yong-mu]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리용무</span><br />1925&ndash;2022
|7 September 1998
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Jang Song-u]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">장성우</span><br />1933&ndash;2009
|13 April 2002
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Yong-ho (general)|Ri Yong-ho]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리영호</span><br />born 1942
|27 September 2010
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Jong-gak]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김정각</span><br />born 1941
|15 February 2012
|
|-
|[[File:18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement gets underway in Baku 005 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Choe Ryong-hae]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">최룡해</span><br />born 1950
|7 April 2012
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Hyon Chol-hae]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">현철해</span><br />1934&ndash;2022
|7 April 2012
|Promoted to [[Wonsu|Marshal of the Korean People's Army]] on 14 April 2016.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Hyon Yong-chol]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">현영철</span><br />1949&ndash;2015
|16 July 2012
|Demoted to [[Daejang|Army General]] in October 2012.
|-
|[[File:Hwang Pyong-So (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|'''<big>[[Hwang Pyong-so]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">황병서</span><br />born 1949
|26 April 2014
|
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Myong-su]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리명수</span><br />born 1934
|14 April 2016
|
|-
| 
|'''<big>[[Pak Jong-chon]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">박정천</span>
|23 May 2020
|Promoted to [[Wonsu|Marshal of the Korean People's Army]] on 5 October 2020. Since demoted back to Chasu and repromoted back to Wonsu.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kim Jong-gwan]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">김정관</span>
|24 February 2021
|Demoted to [[Daejang|Army General]] in June 2021.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Kwon Yong-jin]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">권영진</span>
|24 February 2021
|Demoted to [[Daejang|Army General]] by February 2022.
|-
| [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|80px]]
|'''<big>[[Ri Yong-gil]]</big>'''<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">리명수</span><br />born 1955
|14 April 2022
|}

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{{North Korean marshals}}
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[[Category:Military ranks of North Korea]]