North Korea planning terror attack on South, spy agency says

Seoul (CNN)North Korea is currently planning a "terrorist attack" on South Korea according to the South's spy agency.  

A lawmaker, briefed by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), says leader Kim Jong Un himself gave the order to make preparations.

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"North Korea's terrorist attack could be in the form of causing harms to anti-North Korean activists, North Korean defectors or government officials," said Saenuri Party member, Lee Chul-woo, when CNN contacted his office Thursday.  

Members of the ruling Saenuri Party held a closed-door meeting with the NIS, defense ministry and other ministries.

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The NIS warning covered a large number of possible targets, including "subways, shopping malls, exhibition centers, power plants" as well as possible cyber attacks.