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South Korea Expands Multilingual Emergency Alerts for Foreign Residents

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on August 25 that it will broaden its disaster alert system to include multiple languages, aiming to better inform the growing foreign population in South Korea during emergencies. The government has been sending disaster text messages in English and Chinese through its [...]

Emergency Alerts Dedicated to Foreigners to Be Introduced

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is set to introduce an English emergency alert system for the more than 2 million foreign residents of South Korea, which will be activated during major emergencies. A number of government branches, including the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, unveiled a [...]