The 20-minute exercise began at 2 p.m. with the sounding of an air raid siren.
Participants quickly evacuated to nearby designated civil defense shelters, where they remained for 15 minutes. Vehicles on some major streets were halted for five minutes as part of the drill.
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![Citizens evacuated to the shelter at Seoul City Hall Station during a civil defense training on Aug 22 2024 AJU PRESS Kim Dong-woo](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/08/22/20240822174805870158.jpg)
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