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A civilian bunker capable of withstanding a nuclear attack will be built beneath a public housing complex south koreaCapital till 2028.
metropolitan government and soul Housing and Communities Corp has planned shelters for 999 homes to withstand nuclear, biological or chemical attacks, the official said on Monday, in response to threats from the North.
The bunker, in the basement of a housing complex in Seoul, will span 2,147 square meters (2,568 square yards), house 1,020 people at a time and be equipped for 14-day survival.
The Seoul Shinmun newspaper, which first reported the plan, said it was the first step taken by the local government in the face of the growing nuclear threat from neighboring North Korea.
In a huge military parade on Friday, North Korea demonstrated its latest ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. south korea Or as far as the United States.
South Korean President lee jae myung has said the most realistic way to reduce risks from the North is to halt its production of nuclear bombs and missiles, but Pyongyang has so far rejected diplomatic proposals.
South Korea has about 19,000 bomb shelters nationwide, including more than 3,200 in Seoul, but most of them are not built to protect against nuclear, chemical or biological attacks.
They are mostly located in metro stations or basements and parking garages in private apartments and commercial buildings designated as shelters with the consent of the owners.