By Kang Aa-young
Police are hunting for a man who threatened to bomb Korea University.
Police received a call at around 4:25 a.m. Tuesday from a man who claimed he was heading to the university and carrying explosives.
The man called from a pay phone in Anam-dong, Seoul, where the university is located, according to police.
Police sent a bomb squad, detection dogs and fire engines and searched for three hours but found no explosives.
"It seems it was a prank call" a police officer was quoted as saying. Police are checking CCTV footage.