Intelligence service running round-the-clock emergency team in response to Middle East crisis
Published: 03 Mar. 2026, 16:53
Updated: 03 Mar. 2026, 18:00
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This image of the National Intelligence Service was provided by the agency. [YONHAP]
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has launched an around-the-clock emergency response team to monitor developments in the Middle East following U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran and assist with the safe evacuation of nationals from the region, officials said Tuesday.
The NIS is cooperating with other spy agencies from like-minded countries to conduct the monitoring, officials said, amid escalating tensions after recent attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, which killed Iran's supreme leader and prompted retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East.
Officials said the NIS is also closely tracking potential supply chain risk factors and providing relevant information to government agencies while reviewing the latest conditions in the energy, logistics, defense manufacturing and shipbuilding industries following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Starting on Saturday, the day of the attack on Iran, the NIS also formed a task force led by its director to hold daily emergency situation assessment meetings, officials said.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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