South Korea held another interagency meeting Monday to review South Korea held another interagency meeting Monday to review the situation related to the terror attacks in Paris and discuss ways to beef up security for Koreans abroad.
The session, the second of its kind in two days, was presided over by Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. Other participants included officials from Cheong Wa Dae, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, and the police.
Saturday’s terror attacks in the French capital, committed apparently by the Islamic State extremist group, left at least 129 people dead. There are no reports of any Korean victims.
Around 14,000 South Koreans currently reside in France, some 9,000 of them in Paris.
South Korea was quick in issuing a statement strongly denouncing the attacks.
Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam is also scheduled to visit the French Embassy in Seoul later Monday to express condolences to the French people. (Yonhap)
