US EditionSouth Korea to restart of 551 of 647 administrative systems after data centre fire, Newsis says
South Korea restored 551 of 647 government systems after a 10-hour fire disrupted critical public services including postal, airport, and mobile ID systems.
- Late on Sept 26, a fire at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon caused wide public-service disruption, suspending operations of 647 major government systems.
- Nirs had been relocating lithium-ion batteries after a 2022 SK C&C data-centre fire, and the blaze began while crews moved the second of six battery groups during a power shutdown.
- At around 8.20pm the blaze ignited in a fifth-floor server room and lasted until around 6.30am, with fire officials saying cramped spacing and one contractor’s first-degree burns complicated response.
- South Korea's mobile ID system froze, disrupting hospital check-ins and airport boarding, while Korea Post's online system and banking services failed and the D-Brain national integrated financial system halted traffic-fine payments.
- With Chuseok approaching, disruptions are especially concerning as food parcels are mailed widely; Prime Minister Kim Min-seok urged swift restoration of critical services including the Government24 platform.
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South Korea scrambles to restore digital services after server fire
Authorities said 62 government services had been restored of about 647 systems affected after a fire broke out at the state-run National Information Resources Service on Friday.
Network outage forces gov't services to turn to paper documents
In digitally advanced Korea, most administrative tasks can be handled easily online. But that was not the case on Monday morning, the first workday after a fire that started three days earlier incapacitated most public online administrative services. On Friday, the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon, which operates the country’s data center and network security system, was hit by a lithium-ion battery fire. It was extinguished aft…
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Jeong-woo = The Ministry of the Interior and Safety has decided to restart the National Fire Agency's 119 multimedia reporting system, one of the 647 administrative information systems that were shut down due to the fire at the National Information Resources Service...
South Korea to restart of 551 of 647 administrative systems after data centre fire, Newsis says
South Korea plans to resume the operation at 551 of 647 government administrative systems after a fire at data centre paralysed online government services, media outlet Newsis reported on Sunday.
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