Rare air raid sirens blared across the city and instructions to take cover filtered through loudspeakers on the streets.
Residents in the country’s biggest city received a mobile push alert at 6.41am telling them to seek shelter about 10 minutes after North Korea launched a rocket carrying a military space satellite.
Lee Woosoon, 46, was just opening his bakery in the business district of Euljiro when he got the first alert. The panic quickly subsided into everyday reality for South Koreans. Chung Yuyoung, a web designer for a major Korean firm, was awakened by the alert on her phone.
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