SEOUL, April 2 (Reuters) - A forest fire raged in central Seoul on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of at least 120 homes in the densely populated capital, authorities said.

Air raid sirens and a mobile phone alert calling for evacuations rattled residents of South Korea's capital, Seoul, early on Wednesday after North Korea tried to launch what it said was a satellite.

SEOUL — The emergency siren began wailing at 6:32 a.m. Several minutes later, personal cellphones around Seoul were screeching with a government alert urging residents to “prepare to evacuate ...

And in South Gyeongsang Province, about 135 miles southeast of Seoul, another fire drove about 500 people out of their homes. It took 2,000 firefighters, 30 helicopters and about 27 hours to ...

In Seoul, a “presidential alert” sent to all mobile phones warned 10 million citizens to prepare to evacuate, triggering panic. Seoul’s mayor later defended the alert.

A fire broke out at the COEX convention center in Gangnam District, southern Seoul on Friday, April 25, prompting an evacuation of the building. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “Park ...

Twenty six people have died and thousands have evacuated their homes in South Korea due to torrential rain that has caused landslides and flash floods.

A fire broke out at the Korean Buddhism History and Culture Memorial Hall within Jogyesa Temple in central Seoul on June 10, prompting the evacuation of around 300 people but causing no injuries ...

North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells near a pair South Korean islands Friday, leading to an evacuation. Some 200 artillery rounds were fired between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the vicinity of ...

A forest fire raged in central Seoul on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of at least 120 homes in the densely populated capital, authorities said. The fire, which started on a mountain in the middle ...

Twenty six people have died and thousands have evacuated their homes in South Korea due to torrential rain that has caused landslides and flash floods.