Falling NASA Satellite Sparks Emergency Phone Alert in South Korea
- Seoul warns about possible debris from falling US satellite
- US government confirms craft re-entry over Bering Sea
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South Koreans, used to getting mobile phone alerts warning of earthquakes or Covid outbreaks, received a more unusual notification Monday morning, cautioning of danger from above.
The country’s Ministry of Science and ICT sent a nationwide alert that “some debris from a falling US satellite may crash near the Korean peninsula” at around lunchtime. “Please be careful when going out during that time.”