Kim Jong-un Preparing ‘Terror Attacks’
Feb 19, 2016 17:24:08 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Feb 19, 2016 17:24:08 GMT -5
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South Korean Official: Kim Jong-un Preparing ‘Terror Attacks’
Kim Sung-woo, the chief presidential secretary for public affairs to South Korean President Park Geun-hye, warned on Thursday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is preparing a campaign of terror against the South, as tensions between the two countries over the North’s nuclear weapons program increase.
CBS News reports Kim Sung-woo charging that North Korea’s intelligence agency is working to implement Kim Jong Un’s order to “muster anti-South terror capabilities that can pose a direct threat to our lives and security.”
The presidential secretary remarked during a television interview that the risk of North Korean terror attacks is “increasing more than ever.”
The Korea Times reports lawmaker Lee Cheol-woo of the governing Saenuri Party echoed Kim’s warning, and said that South Korea’s National Intelligence Service has information supporting the claim that Pyongyang is preparing for a terror campaign, which could include “cyber attacks, kidnapping South Korean citizens, and launching poison gas attacks.”
Lee said the targets of North Korean terror might include “anti-North Korea activists, North Korean defectors, and South Korean government officials.” Subway stations, shopping malls, power plans, and other national infrastructure could be attacked, according to the NIS estimate.
Several reasons for North Korean mischief beyond the obvious feud over its nuclear program were discussed, including upcoming large-scale U.S.-South Korean military exercises, which the North portrays as the prelude to an invasion; the possibility of the U.S. deploying an advanced missile defense system in South Korea; and the approaching congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, at which Kim Jong-un is expected to announce what the Korea Times describes as a “major reshuffle.” Those who get discarded during North Korean shuffles tend to have a very short life expectancy.
According to CBS News, “the NIS, which has a mixed record on predicting developments in North Korea, said it could not confirm its reported assessment.”
South Korean Official: Kim Jong-un Preparing ‘Terror Attacks’
Kim Sung-woo, the chief presidential secretary for public affairs to South Korean President Park Geun-hye, warned on Thursday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is preparing a campaign of terror against the South, as tensions between the two countries over the North’s nuclear weapons program increase.
CBS News reports Kim Sung-woo charging that North Korea’s intelligence agency is working to implement Kim Jong Un’s order to “muster anti-South terror capabilities that can pose a direct threat to our lives and security.”
The presidential secretary remarked during a television interview that the risk of North Korean terror attacks is “increasing more than ever.”
The Korea Times reports lawmaker Lee Cheol-woo of the governing Saenuri Party echoed Kim’s warning, and said that South Korea’s National Intelligence Service has information supporting the claim that Pyongyang is preparing for a terror campaign, which could include “cyber attacks, kidnapping South Korean citizens, and launching poison gas attacks.”
Lee said the targets of North Korean terror might include “anti-North Korea activists, North Korean defectors, and South Korean government officials.” Subway stations, shopping malls, power plans, and other national infrastructure could be attacked, according to the NIS estimate.
Several reasons for North Korean mischief beyond the obvious feud over its nuclear program were discussed, including upcoming large-scale U.S.-South Korean military exercises, which the North portrays as the prelude to an invasion; the possibility of the U.S. deploying an advanced missile defense system in South Korea; and the approaching congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, at which Kim Jong-un is expected to announce what the Korea Times describes as a “major reshuffle.” Those who get discarded during North Korean shuffles tend to have a very short life expectancy.
According to CBS News, “the NIS, which has a mixed record on predicting developments in North Korea, said it could not confirm its reported assessment.”