Bomb threats emailed to 80 courts nationwide, prompting searches, disruptions

Bomb threats were emailed to 80 courts across South Korea on Wednesday, prompting police searches, tightened security and temporary disruptions to some court proceedings.

Police said they first received a report from the Incheon District Court at around 9:17 a.m. after the court received an email threatening an explosion.

Authorities deployed 37 officers, 11 members of a police special operations unit and three detection dogs to search the courthouse and surrounding area for approximately three