Posted on 01/24/2018 2:52:45 AM PST by Sontagged
Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued an on-air apology Tuesday after issuing an alert incorrectly claiming that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile.
The message, received by phone users with the NHK app installed on their devices, read: "NHK news alert. North Korea likely to have launched missile. The government J alert: evacuate inside the building or underground. "
The broadcaster apologized for the error, adding "the news alert sent earlier about NK missile was a mistake. No government J alert was issued."
The mistake was corrected within minutes.
The false alert came on the same day as the US and Canada planned to host talks in Vancouver over the crisis on the Korean Peninsula after a year of missile tests and threats from the North.
The subject of sanctions on North Korea is expected to be on the agenda, as well as the country's participation in next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea.
South Korea and Japan will participate in Tuesday's talks, though North Korea's largest trading partner, China, will not be present.
Second false alert in days
Tuesday's false missile alert was the second in a matter of days.
On Saturday, an emergency alert notification sent out to residents of Hawaii warning of an incoming "ballistic missile threat" turned out to be a false alarm.
The error was blamed on an employee who "pushed the wrong button."
"BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL," the emergency alert read.
The warning went out on television and radio as well as cell phones, according to Hawaii Gov. David Ige, sparking panic amongst some residents.
A second emergency alert was sent to phones in Hawaii 38 minutes after the initial message confirming the false alarm.
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Call me a Coincidence Theorist.
The story no one seems to have seen ping: Japan had an identical false NK missile alert three days after Hawaii..
When the Japanese apologize they do it big time, ritual hari-kari.
It seems to me that there have been a lot of anonymously sourced stories lately.
The story is online try google, also before the incident Q reported something then after the event he gave the full story,
Think Hunt for Red October, think Gulf of Tonkin, (which was a fake attack on US ships to get us into vietnam), he said there was a launch and a hit and the missile was taken out and the sub sank.
Deep State is trying to get us in a war.
here’s the link.
do you believe in coincidences?
Copy cats!
The "Hunt for Red October" was a work of fiction and the Gulf of Tonkin incident was, to be kind to Secretary McNamara, a mistake. So are what you saying is that we should doubt the credibility of "Q"?
I am wondering if we shot down the missiles.
No, my post in no way indicated to not trust Q posts. The top of the link has the story about the fishermen seeing the flash and debris falling. The other parts of what I posted are from Q drops.
Which you can google on your own.
Intentional “mistake” to make Trump look bad.
Whose rogue sub? If it was the Norks, it wouldn't be rogue.
I’m not, why are you?
No, do you?
I hadn’t realized this. I appreciate the ping.
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