South Korea’s government raised its terror alert level for five diplomatic missions Thursday, warning North Korea could attack South Korean diplomats overseas.
The country’s terror watch level was raised to “alert” status, the second-highest level in a four-tier system, indicating a “high possibility of a terrorist attack,” according to a statement from South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The statement said the decision was made during a Thursday meeting of South Korea’s Counter Terrorism Center.
South Korean officials recently received intelligence that North Korea was planning to harm South Korean diplomats, it added, without disclosing the exact nature of the alleged threat.
The targeted diplomatic missions include South Korean embassies in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, as well as consulates in the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok and the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang.
