03 March 2016

News Story: S.Korean PM warns of cyber attacks from DPRK

SEOUL, March 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn on Wednesday warned of possible cyber attacks from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), instructing officials to block such attacks in advance.

Hwang visited a center in Seoul for countermeasures to Internet infringement, saying that a close cooperation system should be built between the military, the government and the civilian sector to blockade the DPRK's possible attacks in cyberspace in advance.

The prime minister said that top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un had ordered officials to muster up capability for anti-South Korea terrorist attacks, which raised possibility for the DPRK's cyber provocations.

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