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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 14:47
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Intelligence agency warns of North Korea's terror attacks
정부 "김정은, 대남테러 역량결집 지시…정찰총국 준비중"
Posted : 2016-02-18 15:55
Updated : 2016-02-19 19:08
Kang Seung-woo
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By Kang Seung-woo

North Korea's spy agency is currently planning to launch terrorist style attacks against South Korea on orders from its leader Kim Jong-un, said a ruling party lawmaker Thursday, citing information from the National Intelligence Service (NIS).

The NIS usually discloses sensitive information about North Korea through ruling party lawmakers who belong to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee.

According to Rep. Lee Cheol-woo of the ruling Saenuri Party, speaking during a meeting with the committee members, the NIS stated that Pyongyang's possible terror campaign could include cyber attacks, kidnapping South Korean citizens and launching poison gas attacks,.

The participants included Defense Minister Han Min-koo, First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and Kim Jin-sub, the first deputy chief of the NIS who is in charge of overseas intelligence.

"The North's Reconnaissance General Bureau is preparing for terror acts, including cyber attacks under Kim's directives to intensify preparation for them," Rep. Lee said.

The bureau is tasked with conducting intelligence operations in foreign countries and cyberwarfare.

"The North's terror attacks could be directed at anti-North Korea activists, North Korean defectors and South Korean government officials."

Lee added that multiuse facilities such as subway stations and shopping malls and national infrastructure, including power plants, can be targeted by the North, as well.

"In response to the possible terror attacks by the repressive state, the NIS is collecting the relevant information," the lawmaker said.

The North Korea regime conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket, believed to test its ballistic missile technology, heightening tensions between the two Koreas.

The government believes that such military provocations in a short interval were aimed at bolstering Kim's domestic legitimacy ahead of the seventh congress of the North's ruling Workers' Party in May _ the first time since 1980. The young leader, who came to power in December 2011, is expected to announce new policies and conduct a major reshuffle in the congress.

Amid a growing possibility of terrorist acts perpetuated by the North, Cheong Wa Dae reiterated its call for a swift passage of anti-terrorism bills awaiting parliamentary approval since 2001.

The bills are aimed at better protecting the nation from possible terrorist attacks, but have been gathering dust in the National Assembly for 15 years because the opposition party is concerned about giving more authority to the NIS.

"While North Korea is intensifying its preparations for terror attacks, political interests should not be put above safety and property of the people," Kim Sung-woo, the chief presidential secretary for public affairs, said in a briefing.

"To effectively handle threats from North Korea or international terrorist groups, I strongly ask the National Assembly to process the bill."

According to the NIS, 51 foreign nationals suspected of being affiliated with international terrorist groups have been deported since 2010.


정부 "김정은, 대남테러 역량결집 지시…정찰총국 준비중"

北, 정부인사·탈북자 상대 독극물 공격·납치 가능성
긴급 안보당정…'5월7일 노동당 제7차 대회 맞춰 핵실험'
'다중이용시설과 전력·교통 등 국가기간시설 테러 타깃'

김정은 북한 국방위원회 제1위원장이 최근 대남 테러를 위한 역량 결집을 지시했으며, 대남·해외공작 총괄기구인 정찰총국이 이를 준비하고 있는 것으로 파악됐다.

특히 북한은 우리 정부 인사나 탈북자 등을 상대로 독극물 공격이나 납치 등의 테러를 감행할 가능성이 있으며, 우리 정보당국도 관련 첩보를 수집 중인 것으로 알려졌다.

국가정보원을 비롯한 정부 당국은 18일 국회에서 열린 '긴급 안보상황 점검 당정 협의회'에서 이런 내용을 골자로 한 북한 동향을 보고했다고 국회 정보위원회 여당 간사인 새누리당 이철우 의원이 전했다.

이 의원은 당정 협의회 직후 브리핑에서 '김정은이 테러, 사이버테러와 관련해 적극적으로 역량을 결집하라는 지시를 해서 정찰총국에서도 준비하고 있는 것으로 나타났다'면서 '국정원 등 우리 당국도 관련 정보를 지속적으로 수집하고 있다는 보고가 있었다'고 말했다.

그는 '북한의 테러는 반북 활동가, 탈북자, 정부 인사 등에 대한 위해를 가하는 형태로 나타날 수 있다'면서 '이들에 대한 독극물 공격, 종북 인물들을 사주한 테러 감행, 중국 등으로 유인한 뒤 납치 등의 가능성이 다분하다'고 설명했다.

'북한을 비판하는 언론인 등에게 협박 소포·편지를 발송하거나 신변 위해를 기도할 수 있다'면서 '아울러 지하철, 쇼핑몰 등 다중이용시설과 전력, 교통 등 국가기간시설 등이 테러 타깃이 될 수 있다'고 덧붙였다.

한편, 정부는 이날 당정 협의회에서 북한의 4차 핵실험 및 장거리 미사일 발사에 대해 노동당 제7차 대회에 초점을 맞춘 것으로 판단하고 있다고 보고했다고 이 의원은 전했다.

이 의원은 북한의 노동당 7차 대회는 5월 7일로 예정돼있다고 덧붙였다.

그는 또 개성공단 폐쇄와 관련, '북한은 오히려 자신들이 적극적으로 추진했다는 주장을 내놓고 있는 것으로 나타났다'고 말했다.

이밖에 외교부는 유엔 안보리의 대북제재 결의안과 관련, '최근 한·중 외교차관 회담을 통해 중국에 협조를 요청했고, 중국도 과거보다 강력하고 실효성 있는 제재가 필요하다는 데 공감하고 있다'면서 '2월말 결의안 통과를 목표로 하고 있다'고 보고한 것으로 알려졌다.

앞으로 강력하고 실효적인 안보리 결의 채택과 주요국의 독자 제재 및 국제사회의 대북 압박 강화 등 3차원의 입체적 대응으로 북한의 셈법이 바뀌어 나갈 수 있도록 외교적 노력을 계속할 계획이라고 보고한 것으로 전해졌다.

이날 당정에는 새누리당에서 김정훈 정책위의장과 국회 외교통일위원회 여당 간사인 심윤조 의원 등이, 정부에서 한민구 국방장관과 임성남 외교부 제1차관, 김진섭 국정원 제1차장 등이 참석했다. (연합뉴스)
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