South Korea conducts first air evacuation drill in six years

SEOUL, Aug. 23 - South Korea held its first air evacuation drill in six years on Tuesday, a day before North Korea launched a military satellite between Aug. 24 and 31 after its first failed launch in May.

The 20-minute rehearsal will start at 2:00 p.m. today local time, exactly 12:00 noon today. The Air Alert sounds for 15 minutes as soon as it is heard. Citizens had to flee to shelters or underground locations. Metro passengers were barred from leaving the station, vehicles on 216 designated roads across the country had to take shelter, and 480 venues, including large supermarkets and movie theaters, would join the rehearsal and lead customers to shelter. safely Everything will go back to normal when the siren ends.

Hospitals, subways, trains, planes and ferries will continue to operate as normal during the 20-minute rehearsal, while 57 regions have been designated special disaster zones because of July's heavy rains and Typhoon Khanun. Khanun) was exempt from today's rehearsal. It was held for the first time since August 2017 as relations with North Korea improved. and have COVID-19 epidemic.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency