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Ten Korean War-Era Shells Found at Hongcheon School Site, Sending All Students Home

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A worker found 10 shells at an elementary school construction site in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, and alerted police.
  • Military authorities recovered all the shells and assessed that they posed no immediate explosion risk or security concern.
  • The school sent about 20 students home after lunch as a precaution.

Ten shells believed to have been used during the Korean War were found at an elementary school construction site in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, leading the school to send all its students home.

A worker discovered the shells at about 10:53 a.m. at a construction site in Seo-myeon and reported them to emergency police services. Police notified the military, and an explosive ordnance disposal team was deployed.

Military authorities said the shells were believed to be high-explosive rounds used by South Korean forces during the Korean War. They assessed that the shells posed no immediate risk of exploding and found no indication of an anti-aircraft security issue.

The disposal team recovered all 10 shells at about 12:20 p.m. Concerned about a possible safety accident, the school sent around 20 students home after lunch.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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