SEOUL: South Korea's spy agency said Friday that Pyongyang was plotting 'terrorist' attacks targeting Seoul's officials and citizens overseas, with the foreign ministry raising the alert level for diplomatic missions in five countries.
SEOUL : South Korea 's spy agency said Friday that Pyongyang was plotting 'terrorist' attacks targeting Seoul 's officials and citizens overseas, with the foreign ministry raising the alert level for diplomatic missions in five countries.The National Intelligence Service said it had recently 'detected numerous signs that North Korea is preparing for terrorist attacks against our embassy staff or citizens in various countries, China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East'.
As a result, the North may be 'plotting retaliation' against South Korean embassy staff on such pretenses, NIS added.On Thursday, South Korea's foreign ministry said it had raised its anti-terrorism alert status for five of its diplomatic missions -- embassies in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam as well as its consulates in Russian port city Vladivostok and the Chinese city of Shenyang.Both Seoul and Pyongyang have embassies or consulates in all five locations.
Spy Agency Warns N. Korea Plotting Attacks On Embassies
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