South Korea will increase protection measures for high-profile North Korean defectors and defector activists amid fears of North Korean assassination attempts, South Korea’s Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday.
The anti-terrorism center at the Prime Minister’s Office and the South’s National Police Agency held a meeting and judged that “the threat of terrorism against unspecific targets has increased in the country since the 'murder of Kim Jong Nam'," according to the office.
South Korea will increase protection measures for high-profile North Korean defectors and defector activists amid fears of North Korean assassination attempts, South Korea’s Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday.
The anti-terrorism center at the Prime Minister’s Office and the South’s National Police Agency held a meeting and judged that “the threat of terrorism against unspecific targets has increased in the country since the 'murder of Kim Jong Nam'," according to the office.
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