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Gov't designates 2024 knife attack on Lee as case of terrorism

The government on Tuesday formally designated a 2024 knife attack on President Lee Jae Myung while he was serving as opposition leader an terror case, the prime minister's office said.

2026-01-20

Korea plans travel ban on Mali over terrorist activities

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday it is planning to impose a travel ban on Mali over increased terrorist activities in the African nation.

2025-11-02

Canine bomb squad

Korean police and military forces were dispatched to Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul and Gwangju Women’s University in Gwangju on July 7 after receiving threatening emails claiming explosives had been planted on campus.

2025-07-07

UK police arrest five men, including four Iranians, over suspected terror plot

Britain's counter-terrorism police arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of terrorism offences over a plot to target a specific premises, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Sunday.

2025-05-04

U.S. keeps North Korea on list of state sponsors of terrorism

The United States has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, an annual State Department report showed Thursday, noting the reclusive regime repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.

2024-12-13

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