Old S. Korea emergency guidelines misrepresented as new 'war' advisory

After several governments around the world updated their emergency preparedness guidelines in late 2026 to boost disaster resilience, social media users misleadingly claimed South Korea had also recently issued an advisory urging citizens to stockpile "wartime supplies". A spokesperson for the interior ministry told AFP the screenshot shared in the posts is from 2018 -- and Seoul has routinely updated its guidance for decades, with the latest edition published in August.