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South Korea\u2019s National Intelligence Service (NIS) warned that terrorist threats could intensify this year amid fallout from the Middle East war, increasing the risk of lone-wolf attacks. An explosion aboard a South Korean-operated vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on May 4 has heightened those security concerns. The NIS also expects threats against major international events and anticipates more sophisticated methods as artificial intelligence (AI) tools advance. It warned of \u201cemulation-style\u201d attacks in which socially marginalized individuals encounter rapidly spreading online terror content and then attempt to replicate it.<\/p>\n

The NIS said in a report titled \u201cTerror Trends in 2025 and Outlook for 2026\u201d that demographic shifts, deeper social conflict, the rise of self-aggrandizing low-intensity attacks, and the spread of violent extremism are likely to sustain terrorism-related activity. The agency expressed concern that some people who made false terror threats last year\u2014often motivated by a desire for attention or to vent anger\u2014might escalate to actual attacks as similar incidents recur and public interest wanes.<\/p>\n

The NIS warned that the Middle East conflict, combined with propaganda and incitement from extremist groups such as ISIS and al\u2011Qaeda, could further intensify related terrorist activity. It flagged the global increase in lone-wolf incidents and said those trends could surface domestically as low-cost attacks such as arson or stabbings. A lone-wolf attack is carried out by an individual who radicalizes on their own and acts without direct support from an organization.<\/p>\n

The agency also pointed to the unchecked spread of violent incitement, racist material, and religiously discriminatory content on online platforms as a driver of increased risk. Intelligence indicates groups including Hezbollah and Houthi militants have been using AI-generation tools and automatic translation to push \u201ctailored propaganda\u201d online. The NIS warned that repeated exposure to such material among socially isolated populations or youth could lead to admiration-driven attacks. It cited a 2014 case in which an 18-year-old identified only by the surname Kim disappeared near the Turkey\u2013Syria border and later was found to have joined ISIS voluntarily.<\/p>\n