South Korea: People hospitalized after mass export of packages containing suspicious substance

In SeoulAbout 1,700 people were temporarily evacuated from Corios de’s central headquarters building as a precautionary measure. South Korea, If one of these packets is detected.

Postal Service South Korea An alert was raised today about mysterious packages being sent to different parts of the country after three people were admitted to hospital.

The incident took place on Thursday in the port city Ulson (Southeast Coast), one of these packages was received at the Disability Assistance Center.

Three people who were present while opening the package were rushed to the hospital with dizziness and shortness of breath, they were admitted to the hospital today but are now stable.

Clinical tests have not yet determined what is causing the symptoms, and the package has been sent to the Defense Development Agency for further study.

“Don’t open mail from unknown sources”

Today, around 6:00 pm local time (9:00 GMT), a similar package was found at a post office in the same city, and reports began to mount as packages of this type were found in at least five counties. SeoulYongin (a suburb of the South Korean capital), Daejeon (the center of the country), Hamon (southeast) or Jeju Island (southwest).

The packages, which appear to contain the pasty, odorless product, are yellow or black in color, and in many cases the sender has indicated that the shipment came from a company called Chunghwa Post with a mailbox in Taipei. Taiwan.

In all, South Korean police said the sender’s contact details were useless.

South Korean municipalities have started using a national alert system to send messages to mobile phones, warning them not to open “mail from unknown sources and call immediately” numbers for police or emergency services, saying “unidentified international mail has been reported in various locations.”

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In SeoulAbout 1,700 people had to be temporarily evacuated from the Korea Post (KB) headquarters building in the Myeongdong neighborhood as a security measure after one of the packages was found.

A person, after consulting the news, reported to the authorities that he had received a package from Taiwan that was sent to Jeju Island on July 11.

The bundle contained two plastic bottles, which the man threw away as he did not know what they were.

Similarly, a Haman resident today handed over to the authorities a mysterious package that he received two months ago, but it was not opened, but it was sent from Malaysia. (EFE)

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