Two Busan middle schools evacuated after receiving bomb threats
Published: 08 Sep. 2025, 14:10
Updated: 08 Sep. 2025, 18:13
![Police were dispatched to a high school in Nam District, Busan, at 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 29, to conduct a search after a report was filed claiming an explosive device had been planted on campus. [BUSAN METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2025/09/08/8efa1cb1-41ff-4766-8d91-b5920d20be5a.jpg)
Police were dispatched to a high school in Nam District, Busan, at 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 29, to conduct a search after a report was filed claiming an explosive device had been planted on campus. [BUSAN METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY]
Students were evacuated from two middle schools in Busan on Monday after the schools received faxed threats claiming explosives had been planted on the campuses.
According to police, a fax containing a threat that a bomb had been installed on campus was sent to a school in the city's Buk District around 10:30 a.m. A staff member who received the fax alerted authorities, and students were promptly evacuated.
Around the same time, a similar fax was received at another school in Suyeong District, also prompting an evacuation.
Police and fire authorities deployed emergency response teams to both schools to conduct searches.
The faxes were sent from Japan, police said. A similar incident occurred on Aug. 29, when two high schools in Busan received bomb threats via fax. No explosives were found in that case.
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.
BY CHO MUN-GYU [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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