The official campaign season for South Korea’s April general elections begins this Thursday, kicking off an intense two-week period of political rallies, glad-handing and K-pop-blasting candidate parade floats.

And according to the ROK government, the campaign season could also mark the start of something more worrisome — systematic North Korean efforts to interfere in South Korea’s democracy.

For months, the Yoon administration has raised the alarm about likely DPRK “provocations” around the elections and conducted a series of military and civil defense drills in preparation.

“We anticipate a number of provocations this