Security forces are on heightened alert after the terror attacks in Paris as Korea was listed among potential targets of terror attacks by Islamic State.

The September edition of Dabiq, ISIS' glossy propaganda magazine, named Korea among 62 countries that are supposedly part of a new "crusader coalition" and targeted for potential terror attacks.

In East Asia, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore are also on the list.

Western countries included Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the U.K., and Muslim countries Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turk ey.

Russia, China and India were for some reason not on the list.

Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam told lawmakers on Tuesday that "around 20" Korean overseas missions could become targets of ISIS terror attacks.

Security forces here are bolstering surveillance on major facilities and screening at airports and ports.

