SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted a nationwide civil defense drill on Wednesday, simulating an air raid to test public readiness and improve emergency response measures. The 20-minute exercise, organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, began at 2 p.m. with air raid sirens, followed by a staged alert and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An air-raid siren will be sounded on Wednesday, restricting people’s outdoor movement as part of a nationwide civil defense drill this week, officials said Tuesday. The 20-minute drill, slated for 2 p.m. Wednesday, will include civil evacuation training and traffic restrictions in an air raid attack scenario, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Ulchi civil defense exercise kicked off Monday for a four-day run nationwide in conjunction with a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, the interior ministry said. Some 580,000 officials from about 4,000 city, county and ward governments, public institutions and others across the [...]