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Passersby watch as preparations for boy band BTS's comeback concert in Gwanghwamun Square, to be held on March 21, are underway at the venue in Jongno District, central Seoul, on March 19. [KIM YE-JUNG]

Terror rumors, threats prompt 'caution' prior to BTS performance

Security concerns are rising among citizens ahead of BTS’s comeback performance at Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday, as fallout from the Iran war fuels both terror rumors and threats against Iranian nationals in Korea.

2026.3.20

Police officials are seen in front of Shinsegae Department Store's main branch in Jung District, central Seoul on Aug. 5, after an online threat to blow up the store was posted the same day. [YONHAP]

Police sue people who posted prank threats against Shinsegae Department Store, Yatap Station

The National Police Agency announced Monday that they filed for damages against individuals who posted prank online threats, including one to blow up the main branch of Shinsegae Department Store located in Myeongdong, central Seoul.

2025.12.8

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Special Operation Unit personnel patrol Yatap Station in Gyeonggi on Sept 23. [NEWS1]

Man who threatened mass murder on forum claims he did so to 'promote the site'

A man in his 20s was arrested for threatening to kill 30 people on an anonymous forum, prompting a large police response. Investigations into the community site and its operators are ongoing.

2024.11.15

The USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, in this file photo dated Aug. 31, 2015. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

South Korea, U.S., Japan conduct first trilateral maritime interdiction drill in 7 years

South Korea, the United States and Japan held a maritime interdiction drill in the high seas southeast of Jeju on Tuesday, marking the first trilateral drill of its kind in seven years...

2023.10.10

Special police commandos search Osong KTX Station in North Chungcheong on Thursday after a threatening email from Japan said a bomb would go off at the station at 3:34 p.m. [YONHAP]

Bomb threats traced to IP address in Japan

Police have bolstered security at major public facilities and landmarks and stepped up patrols at foreign embassies in response to a series of bomb threats...

2023.8.17

Protecting the right to self-defense (KOR)

The latest spate of terrible killings immediately demands strong actions from the law enforcement agency.

2023.8.9

Protecting the right to self-defense

The latest spate of terrible killings immediately demands strong actions from the law enforcement agency.

2023.8.8

Police commandos and their armored vehicle guard the area near Gangnam Station in southern Seoul on Sunday. Police dispatched additional officers near subway stations and department stores over the weekend amid a flurry of online threats of more stabbings in public spaces. [YONHAP]

Police nab threat posters amid tightened security after stabbings

Police nabbed 46 people nationwide for posting online murder threats after two recent stabbing rampages killed two and injured 16. This includes one teenager arrested in Yeongwol, Gangwon, and another in Goyang, Gyeonggi over the weekend...

2023.8.6

Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un and vice department director of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

Kim Jong-un's sister says U.S. will face consequences if it continues to violate airspace

Kim Jong-un's sister said that U.S. forces will face a "very critical flight" should it conduct a "repeated illegal intrusion" over North Korean airspace as the latest in a series of warnings against the United States.

2023.7.11

A U.S. strategic reconnaissance plane, RC-135S, in the airspace over the East Sea on March 14. [YONHAP]

South rejects North's allegations about U.S. spy flights

South Korea's military dismissed North Korean allegations that U.S. surveillance flights violated its airspace. “Flight by U.S. reconnaissance assets around the Korean Peninsula is a normal reconnaissance activity, and North Korea's claim that its...

2023.7.10