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- Evacuation alerts, sirens cause panic in Seoul after North Korea launchAsia Pacific ·
May 31, 2023 · 2:17 AM UTC Rare wailing air raid sirens and mobile phone alerts calling for evacuations rattled residents of the South Korean capital, Seoul, early on Wednesday after North Korea launched what it said was a satellite.
