SEOUL — South Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday raised the terrorism alert level for five diplomatic offices in the region citing intelligence that North Korea may attempt to harm its officials.
SEOUL — South Korea 's foreign ministry on Thursday raised the terrorism alert level for five diplomatic offices in the region citing intelligence that North Korea may attempt to harm its officials.The five locations include Seoul's embassies in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, as well as consulates in Vladivostok, Russia, and Shenyang, China, the ministry said in a statement.
Pyongyang has dispatched agents to those countries to tighten surveillance of the South Korean missions, the NIS said.The North Korean embassy in London did not respond to repeated phone calls for requests for comment.The North's government-controlled media has criticized allegations of terrorism against it as U.S.-led efforts to discredit opponents of Washington.
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