In Seoul, a “presidential alert” sent to all mobile phones warned 10 million citizens to prepare to evacuate, triggering panic. Seoul’s mayor later defended the alert.

Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday, destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people.

Seoul’s ‘Wartime Alert’ Dropped After Cause of Panic Revealed ... A formal evacuation order was issued soon after, only for the order to be scrapped around 10 minutes later.

Evacuation Alerts Cause Panic In Seoul After N Korea Spy Satellite Launch North Korea launched the rocket toward the south, South Korea's military said, prompting emergency alerts and evacuation ...

Seoul retracts evacuation order after failed North Korean satellite launch on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save. Christian Davies in Seoul and Kana Inagaki in Tokyo. Published May 31 2023.

‘I guess it is not a war’: Evacuation alerts, false alarm causes panic in Seoul after North Korea launch By Ju-min Park Updated May 31, 2023 — 2.54pm first published at 11.52am ...

A fire broke out at Coex in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, at around 11:06 a.m. Friday morning, prompting an evacuation from the convention center.

North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells near a pair South Korean islands Friday, leading to an evacuation. Some 200 artillery rounds were fired between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the vicinity of ...

SEOUL, April 11 (Reuters) ... (420 acres) of land and prompting the evacuation of some 550 residents in the city of more than 200,000 people, the Korea Forest Service said. ...

North Korea on Wednesday launched a space vehicle carrying its first military reconnaissance satellite , South Korean defense officials said, briefly triggering “false alarm” evacuation alerts ...

SEOUL, Aug. 8 (UPI) --South Korea began evacuating 37,000 scouts and volunteers from the site of the World Scout Jamboree on Tuesday ahead of an approaching typhoon, as organizers look to salvage ...