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Police find no explosives at Everland Resort after bomb threat

Published: 13 Aug. 2025, 13:00 Updated: 13 Aug. 2025, 19:08

A concert is held at Everland Resort, an amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 11. [NEWS1]

Police found no explosives after searching Everland Resort, an amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday in response to a bomb threat fax sent that morning.

The Daejeon Immigration Office received a fax at 10:48 a.m. stating, "I will blow up Everland Resort. I have installed more than 40,000 plastic explosives," according to the Yongin Dongbu Police Precinct. The upper portion of the fax was written in Japanese, while the lower portion contained Korean that appeared to be translated text.

The immigration office immediately notified police, who dispatched about 50 officers, including a special operations unit, around 11 a.m. to check for explosives. No suspicious devices were found during the search, which ended at about 4 p.m., four hours after it began.

During the search, Everland restricted entry for new visitors and notified existing guests through internal announcements. Entry for new guests resumed after the search concluded.

Police believe the incident is similar to a series of bomb threat emails and faxes suspected to have originated in Japan since August 2023.

"There have been several similar cases involving faxes, so the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency will merge related cases for investigation," an official said.

Update, Aug. 13: Police concluded their search after finding no explosives.

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom staff.
BY CHO MUN-GYU [[email protected]]