‘Boy who cried wolf,’ Seoul residents panic after false rocket alarm
South Korean citizens issue calls on social media for Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon to resign over the false evacuation notice they received today. – Facebook pic, May 31 2023.
AN EMERGENCY evacuation alert sent in error across Seoul over a North Korean rocket launch triggered widespread panic today, crashing internet services and raising fears the government could not be trusted to handle a real crisis. The alert, sent at 6:41am local time to all mobile phones in Seoul, said, “Citizens, please prepare to evacuate and allow children and the elderly to evacuate first.”
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