A woman shows her mobile phone with an emergency evacuation warning text message issued by Seoul City at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on May 31, 2023. North Korea launched its purported spy satellite on May 31, the South's military said, prompting confusion in Seoul as the city briefly issued an evacuation warning in error. — AFP
South Koreans in Seoul woke up May 31 to air raid sirens and warnings on their mobile phones to immediately evacuate – only to be told 20 minutes later that it was all a mistake.
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. Rare air raid sirens blared across the city and instructions to take cover filtered through loudspeakers on the streets.
