Is South Korea A Terror Target?

F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th Fighter Squadron from Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrive June 19 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Airmen are here for a 120-day deployment. This is the first time a U.S. Air Forces in Europe fighter unit has deployed to a Pacific Air Force base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Barry Loo)

South Korea Spy Agency Arrests Terror Suspects
-- Yahoo News/AP

SEOUL, South Korea - Twenty people from the Middle East or southwestern Asia have been arrested by South Korea's intelligence agency for suspected links to terrorism or the Taliban, an opposition lawmaker's office said Sunday.

The arrests over the last 19 months involved alleged spying on U.S. forces in South Korea, illegal money transfers and drug smuggling, said the office of Won Hye-young, the floor leader from the opposition Democratic Party.

Won, a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee, received the National Intelligence Service's report on terrorism suspects ahead of an annual parliamentary audit of the government in October.

Three people from an unidentified southwestern Asian country were deported in October last year for collecting intelligence on U.S. troops in South Korea, Won's office said, citing the intelligence agency. The United States has about 28,500 troops in South Korea to help deter possible aggression from North Korea.

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My Comment: This is an ominous development.