(Counter-Terrorism Security Expert, Jung Seo-hyun) According to the National Intelligence Service statistics
(Types of Terrorism) The type of global terrorism is not a specific target
It is changing to an unspecified number of people or civilians
(Suicide bombing near the French football stadium in Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, 2015) Overseas crimes and terrorism and etc
Do not occur only in disaster crisis/risk countries
Including countries that felt safe in the past
(2015 Paris Bataclan Concert Hall Bombing) is happening everywhere in the world
According to the National Intelligence Service workshop in February 2019
Since 2001, a total of 79 terrorist incidents in which Korean companies operating overseas have suffered damage
(Terrorism by Region) By region, Africa and the Middle East accounted for 46 cases
56% of the total, which is the highest
Followed by Asia with 30 cases (38%) and other regions with 3 cases (4%)
(Terrorism by Type) By type, armed attacks accounted for the most with 35 cases
Followed by bombings and kidnappings with 20 and 19 cases respectively
And terrorism such as arson or shooting is counted as 5 cases
Even though recently IS forces have shrunk and large-scale terrorism has decreased
But with anti-Islam and anti-refugee sentiments in a rise, far-right terrorism is spreading
Causing a slight increase in the occurrence of terrorism
The NIS continues to say that recently there have been multiple methods emerging
such as car ramming, mail bombing, and also drone terrorism
The number of terrorist attacks worldwide last year was 2079
An increase of 101 from 1978 cases the previous year