The South Korean military said Sunday that the North is believed to have some 68-hundred people working on cyber warfare including 17-hundred hackers.
 
The latest number represents an increase of 900 people from the figure which South Korea’s Military Cyber Command reported to the National Assembly in October last year.
 
Meanwhile, North Korea is believed to have dispatched an increased number of anti-aircraft guns and established wind vanes along the western and central border regions in a move to counter anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets floated by South Korean civic groups.
 
The North is also said to have held intensive large-scale military drills since late last year.
 
A military official in Seoul said that the North Korean military appears to have strengthened military drills to demonstrate its loyalty to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.