Seoul has raised its terrorism alert level for five diplomatic missions overseas in response to reported North Korean threats against South Korean officials, the ROK foreign ministry announced on Thursday.

The South Korean government raised its readiness by two levels from “attention” to “alert” after intelligence authorities obtained information about attempts to harm diplomats, according to a ministry press release.

Divided into four levels, “alert” sits at the second highest after “serious.”

The press release did not give details about the nature of the North Korean threats or the source of the information but explained that the new warning