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U.S. Forces Korea Probe False Messages To Evacuate

September 25 2017

South Korea

The U.S. Army says that it is investigating falso evacuation orders that were sent to military families in South Korea, reports the Washington Post.

On Thursday, phony mobile phone alerts and social media messages were sent to some U.S. military personnel and their families telling them to evacuate the Korean Peninsula, said the U.S. Force Korea, as cited by Newsweek.

The messages referred a "noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) order" directed at family members of the...

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