"Bomb Placed at Yongsan Presidential Office"... Internet Threat Post Uploaded

Threatening posts claiming that explosives would be planted at the Presidential Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and Naver headquarters were posted online, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

According to the police, on the afternoon of the 18th, a report was received through 112 stating that "a post claiming 'explosives will be planted at the Presidential Office and Naver headquarters' was uploaded on an online community." The perpetrator indicated the time of the crime as "tomorrow (19th) at 2 o'clock," but did not specify whether it was AM or PM.

At around 1:25 PM that day, the police deployed a special task force to Naver headquarters in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, but found nothing suspicious. The search was concluded at around 2:50 PM.

The police are patrolling around the Naver headquarters building in preparation for any emergencies and are cooperating with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency to track down the author of the threatening post.

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