Authorities in Seoul plan to build the first civilian bunker capable of withstanding a nuclear attack underneath a public housing complex by 2028, a city government official said, to guard against threats by the North.

The 1,000-person bunker, being built under a new public housing complex in South Korea’s capital city, is intended as a pilot project.

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After taking a bow and making an offering of fruit and a dried fish, Ryh Jae-hong tosses a cup of alcohol towards the thick barbed-wire fence that protects South Korea's

SEOUL (Reuters) -Authorities in Seoul plan to build the South Korean capital's first civilian bunker capable of withstanding a nuclear attack underneath a public housing complex by 2028, a city government official said on Monday,