Police probe bomb threat after baseball chant evokes Gwangju massacre

Police have launched an investigation after an online post claimed that a bomb had been planted at Gwangju Jeil High School, days after the school became the target of a controversial chant during a national high school baseball tournament.

The National Police Agency said Sunday it had opened an investigation into what it called a public threat linked to a recent cheering controversy at a high school baseball game.

“Such acts are clear crimes that violate students’ right to learn and disrupt the ...