S. Korea warned of threats in SE Asia

S. Korea warned of threats in SE Asia

THAILAND: South Korea's embassy in Thailand has received a warning of attacks on the country's official and private property and aircraft in Southeast Asia, Thai and South Korean officials said on Friday.

The threatening message was received on Thursday from a group calling itself the "Anti-Korean Interest Agency," a Foreign Ministry official told Reuters in Seoul.

South Korea did not believe the group had links with known international terrorist groups, the official said. The threat was more likely connected to disgruntled Southeast Asians who have been denied entry on flying to South Korea, he said.

A spokesman for South Korea's embassy in Bangkok, which has been subject to protests from people refused entry, confirmed the letter, but gave no further details.

Thai police have tightened security at all foreign embassies in Bangkok, which some analysts say could be a target for militants.

"It is a group that might be unhappy with the North-South problem. There is no relation to international terrorism. It is just their own problems," Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai told reporters. -- Reuters