Prepare for ‘gray area’ terror attacks

The threat seems to be related to the North’s apparent preparation of terrorist attacks against South Korean diplomats overseas.

2024-05-21

South Korea raises terror alert for five diplomatic missions over North Korean threat

South Korea raised the antiterrorism alert level two notches to the second-highest level, "alert," from the lowest level "attention," for five Korean diplomatic missions abroad on Thursday.

2024-05-02

Assaulted PPP lawmaker says attack 'should not happen to anyone else'

People Power Party lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin said the attack she suffered “should not happen to anyone else," alluding to a series of attacks on politicians in Korea in the months leading up to the general election...

2024-01-28

'15 year-old' assailant strikes lawmaker 17 times within 18 seconds

People Power Party lawmaker, Bae Hyun-jin, assaulted on Thursday by an assailant claiming to be 15 years old, was repeatedly struck 17 times in 18 seconds.

2024-01-26

Hundreds rally in Seoul to support Israel as ground war looms

Hundreds of Koreans and Israelis in Korea rallied to support Israel in Seoul on Tuesday as top diplomats from Israel and the United States stood side-by-side to voice support for the Jewish state in the wake of Hamas's brutal attack on Oct. 7…

2023-10-17

North could replicate Hamas's strategy to attack South

North Korea experts in Seoul said the large-scale surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel over the weekend is a strategy that Pyongyang may also deploy against Seoul, combining traditional warfare with modern guerrilla tactics to wrongfoot...

2023-10-09

Legal blind spot complicates punishment of online threats

The dearth of specific laws to punish the making of threats online has left the authorities in the lurch, even after arresting hundreds of suspects for threatening to go on stabbing rampages…

2023-09-01

Bomb threats traced to IP address in Japan

Police have bolstered security at major public facilities and landmarks and stepped up patrols at foreign embassies in response to a series of bomb threats...

2023-08-17

Suspicious international parcels rattle nation, puzzle authorities

Korea's customs authorities are postponing the delivery of certain international parcels after suspicious packages postmarked largely from Taiwan set off alarm alerts across the country over the weekend...

2023-07-23

Korea strongly condemns recent deadly violence at Jerusalem synagogue

Korea on Monday condemned an armed terrorist attack at a Jewish worship facility in Jerusalem that claimed the lives of seven people last week.

2023-01-30

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