DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 17 Feb) – South Korea on Saturday warned its citizens not to travel to the southern Philippines because of possible bombings by Abu Sayyaf militants whose group is tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya.
The warning was issued by the National Intelligence Service and said citizens should refrain from traveling to troubled region, including Sulu Archipelago and Palawan island.
South Korea did not give any specific details about the threats or whether its citizens are targeted by terrorists. Many South Korean tourists travel to Philippines, especially Cebu and Palawan for summer holidays.
Philippine authorities tightened security in many areas in the south, including Zamboanga City, where a small group of Korean tourists are staying, because of Abu Sayyaf threats to bomb key cities in Mindanao.
Filipino security forces, guided by U.S. intelligence, are battling hundreds of Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya militants in Jolo island.
Washington listed both the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya as foreign terrorist organizations and offered as much as $10 million for the capture of Indonesian bomber Dulmatin, believed hiding in Jolo island, about 950 km south of Manila. (Mindanao Examiner)
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