“We have several indications that North Korea is preparing to carry out a terrorist attack against our diplomatic personnel and citizens,” South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said, adding that Pyongyang had recently sent additional agents to areas where the attack is at risk.
According to the ministry, the risk of an attack is high. On Thursday, the level of the terrorist threat was raised from the “Caution” level to the “Alert” level, which is the second highest on the South Korean scale, Reuters writes.
South Korea’s National Counter-Terrorism Center discussed measures to protect South Korean diplomats and the buildings in which they work at a meeting on Thursday.
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North Korean state media have long criticized the terrorism allegations as an effort to discredit Washington’s opponents.
North Korea has been blamed for attacks on the civilian population, such as the bombings at the Seoul airport or on board a South Korean plane, as early as the Cold War.
The United States removed it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism in 2008, but it returned there in 2017 in connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. He was killed at the airport in Malaysia by chemical warfare agent VX.
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