SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court upheld an 18-month prison sentence for an Uzbek national accused of sending money to a U.N.-designated terrorist group while residing in South Korea, judicial officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Court confirmed the lower court’s ruling on the migrant worker from Uzbekistan, saying the provision [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 26, a video released by the Israeli Embassy in South Korea on its official social media account stirred significant controversy. The video, which depicted a simulated Hamas attack on South Korea, was set in Seoul, and was taken down within a day due to the escalating controversy. Numerous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state intelligence agency on Monday warned of possible terrorist attacks during the upcoming year-end holiday season, stressing that terrorism is increasingly becoming an “actually existing threat” in the country. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said anti-vaccine protests in Europe and other countries could turn violent or become [...]
BOSTON, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it has updated its Terrorism Model for the United States to more comprehensively model the extent of damage from conventional bomb blast attacks. Starting with the size and location of the bomb, the model propagates the appropriate blast intensity within a built [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Police heightened security at a media showcase for K-pop band Apink on Monday after an unidentified man threatened to bomb the event. “A man with the same voice as the person who threatened to kill (the group’s members) called the office at 11:30 a.m., claiming to have set up [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting in April, South Korea will check information on inbound air passengers to sort out potential terrorists, officials said Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to beef up security ahead of major sporting events amid growing military threats from North Korea. The government also decided to establish a system that would [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent assessment revealed the potential danger of South Korea’s underground economy playing a role in the financing of terrorism. The issue was brought to light on Thursday by professor Kang Kyoung-hun from Dongguk University during a public hearing into the dangers of money laundering in Korea organized by [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s antiterrorism center under the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday drew up a detailed plan on tackling possible terrorist attacks in the country, amid rising concerns that international radical groups may target Asia’s fourth-largest economy as well. Under the plan, the country will make a four-step alert system [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Wednesday condemned the terror attacks that happened in Turkey, vowing that it will keep working with the international community in eradicating terrorism. On Tuesday (local time), suicide bombers attacked Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, leaving more than 30 people dead and over 100 injured. No group has yet [...]