Seoul to hold Ulchi civil defense exercise next week
A four-day civil defense exercise will be held in Seoul next week, including an air raid evacuation drill on the last day, the city government said Friday.
It is part of the annual Ulchi exercise to be held across the nation from Monday to Thursday in an effort to check on contingency plans to prepare for war and other national emergency situations.
This year’s exercise will involve simulations of a drone attack and the launch of trash-carrying balloons from North Korea.
In Seoul, about 170 institutions and some 140,000 people will take part in the exercise.
The city government will open a war situation room and conduct a discussion on wartime issues and a tabletop exercise. Mayor Oh Se-hoon will preside over a meeting Monday on a simulated drone threat situation, officials said.
On Tuesday, a counterterrorism exercise will be held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in eastern Seoul to minimize damage in case of drone threats or infiltrations of special operations units against multiuse 스포츠 facilities.
On the final day, an anti-air raid evacuation exercise will be held, in which people will be required to evacuate to the nearest shelters or underground facilities as part of a civil defense drill at 2 p.m.
Cars traveling in areas where traffic is restricted should stop and pull over under police guidance for five minutes after the alarm goes off.
The locations of the shelters are available at the National Disaster and Safety Portal and the Emergency Ready App.
The Ulchi exercise was launched in 1969 following a raid by North Korean commandos on the presidential residence in Seoul the previous year