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To maintain the forces’ quick response posture for mobilization and enable them to exert

combat power immediately after mobilization, the Army Mobilization Force Command will
foster mobilization divisions and mobilization supplement battalions and, therefore, ensure the
optimal conditions for conducting operations during a contingency.

In June 2018, the Reserve Forces Research Center was set up within the Research Institute
for National Security Af fairs of the KNDU to carry out specialized research on policies
and strategies for national mobilization and reserve forces. By organizing seminars as well as

promoting exchange and cooperation with international research institutes, the Reserve Forces
Research Center will nurture reserve force experts and provide support for the formulation and
development of national mobilization policies and strategies.

For troop mobilization that ef fectively meets the operational requirements of the Armed
Forces, the MND has been improving the performance of the Defense Mobilization Information
System 22) and plans to continuously expand its connection with other government agencies’
information systems.

To improve the effectiveness of troop mobilization in wartime, government–military joint
simulation exercises for mobilization procedures in wartime have been conducted. In the

Chungmu Training, the government’s Chungmu Plan and the Armed Forces’ mobilization plans
are tested through exercises involving the actual mobilization of human and material resources.
To optimize the number of goods and businesses mobilized in wartime, the MND has been
reviewing and verifying mobilization requirements with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety;

the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy; and other government agenc ies responsible for
resource management. For the ef f icient mobilization of supplies, the MND will continue to
improve the effectiveness of resource mobilization by conducting surveys on mobilization

resources with other government agencies and organizing events such as the Critically Managed
Resources Testing Day.

| Organization of Reserve Forces and Resource Management | Reservists are organized
and managed to be prepared for total war. Together with active-duty units, they make up an

22) An information system that shares MND’s database concerning mobilization and reserve forces with government
agencies, the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and other relevant organizations to execute tasks

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