The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment was an elite light infantry unit of North Korea's Korean People's Army (KPA) that existed briefly during the Korean War. It was headquartered in Hoeryong, North Korea, and was also known as the 766th Unit. Trained extensively in amphibious warfare, artillery observer for counter-battery fire, combined arms, commando style raids tactics in forest and mountainous terrains, frontal assault, irregular warfare, maneuver warfare, and survival in a combat environment, the 766th Regiment was considered a commando unit.