Korea has imposed a travel warning on an expanded area in Kenya amid growing safety risks from terror attacks and crimes, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

In a press release, the ministry said that it has additionally designated some areas in Kenya bordering Somalia as subject to its "red" travel warning.

A red alert is the third-highest of a four-tier travel warning system under which people are advised either not to travel to or to leave the country where the warning is imposed.

A red alert was also imposed on the northern county of Garissa, along with Easleigh, a northern area of Nairobi where many Somalian immigrants live and terror and crime rates remain high, the ministry said.

The move came amid growing worries over crimes and terror attacks in those areas. The ministry urged its people to stay vigilant against any threats when they have to travel in the African country. (Yonhap)