Police tracking down bomb threat against Defense Ministry

South Korean police said Monday they were tracking the author of an online bomb threat targeting the Ministry of National Defense and had stepped up patrols around the compound. The anonymous post was uploaded Sunday to the online community DCinside, claiming that an explosive had been planted at the Defense Ministry and would be detonated at 6 p.m. The ministry is located in Seoul’s Yongsan-gu, adjacent to the presidential office. Seoul’s Yongsan Police Station received a report at around 9:30