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![Students at Jeongja Elementary School in Sunwon evacuates from class while covering their heads with backpacks as the siren from the civil defense drill set off at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The country came to a standstill including 216 roads that were locked down when the first full-scale civil defense drill in six years was set off for 20 minutes. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10305479.jpg?imageId=10305479&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Posts on social media show disaster supplies packed under a false air raid alarm. [SCREEN CAPTURE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11884101.jpg?imageId=11884101&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said South Korean fighters fired air-to-surface missiles into the North Korean side of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in response to North Korea's launch of a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) south of the NLL on Wednesday morning. The photo, captured from a video released by the South Korean Air Force, shows a F-15K fighter firing a SLAM-ER cruise missile after the North Korean missile launch. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10058167.jpg?imageId=10058167&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)