Sirens blared at 2pm but were largely ignored in downtown Seoul.
SEOUL: Sirens wailed today as South Korea held its first nationwide air defence drills in six years to counter North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats, but many people appeared to ignore calls to seek shelter.
But many pedestrians did not pay heed to those requests or rush to find designated shelters or nearby underground spaces. Park Joo-ui, a community leader of the Jongno district in Seoul who passed out leaflets to notify the drill said he was baffled by public indifference. At a large office building’s basement parking lot in Seoul, hundreds of office workers gathered following instructions of civil defence instructors through megaphones, with some sipping coffee and others complaining about no air conditioning.
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