By Kim Jae-won
A 26-year-old Vietnamese man illegally entered Korea through Incheon International Airport Friday, pretending to be a transfer passenger to Japan, the airport authorities said Friday.
Incheon International Airport Corp. said that he opened a door at an immigration office and left the airport around 8 a.m. He arrived at 5 a.m. from Hanoi on a Korean Air flight, and was supposed to transfer to Narita at 10 a.m.
Police are currently looking for his whereabouts.
Earlier in the day, police said they found two butane canisters in a suspicious white box at the airport.
Police said they received a report around 4:30 p.m. that the box suspected to contain an explosive device was found in a man's bathroom at the airport. Police cordoned off the area, and an explosive ordnance disposal unit checked the bathroom.
A scan from portable digital x-ray equipment showed that the white box, 30 centimeters in length and 25 centimeters wide, contained two butane canisters and a bottle of water, said Chung Sung-chae, the police officer in charge of security at the airport.
Chung also said no explosives or detonators were found inside the box.
He said police were checking security cameras near the bathroom to find out who left the box there.
A 26-year-old Vietnamese man illegally entered Korea through Incheon International Airport Friday, pretending to be a transfer passenger to Japan, the airport authorities said Friday.
Incheon International Airport Corp. said that he opened a door at an immigration office and left the airport around 8 a.m. He arrived at 5 a.m. from Hanoi on a Korean Air flight, and was supposed to transfer to Narita at 10 a.m.
Police are currently looking for his whereabouts.
Earlier in the day, police said they found two butane canisters in a suspicious white box at the airport.
Police said they received a report around 4:30 p.m. that the box suspected to contain an explosive device was found in a man's bathroom at the airport. Police cordoned off the area, and an explosive ordnance disposal unit checked the bathroom.
A scan from portable digital x-ray equipment showed that the white box, 30 centimeters in length and 25 centimeters wide, contained two butane canisters and a bottle of water, said Chung Sung-chae, the police officer in charge of security at the airport.
Chung also said no explosives or detonators were found inside the box.
He said police were checking security cameras near the bathroom to find out who left the box there.
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