Well, the Ministry O’ Defense plans to let about 100,000 reservists handle North Korean civilians in the event of a war, reports the Kyunghyang.
According to the ministry, the reservists would control and protect North Korean civilians and block the formation of guerrilla units that might resist South Korean forces occupying North Korea.
These civil affairs units would be composed and deployed some 50—60 days after the opening of hostilities.
The ministry said the 10 new divisions it would raise in wartime — as noted in its basic plan for military reform released on June 26 — would be composed completely of mobilized reservists. Considering that each division would be about 10,000 men, the number of reservists needed would come out to about 100,000.
In order to train the needed reservists, the ministry is considering a plan to designate 10 reserve divisions as civil affairs units.
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