Gov't network outage forces citizens to turn back to paper documents

In a digitalized Korea, most administrative tasks can be handled easily online. But that was not the case Monday morning, the first workday after a weekend fire 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 battery fire. It was extinguished after 22 hours, but the blaze shut down 647 administrative systems. Although systems are gradually being restored — including Gov24, the state portal for most administrative services, and postal banking services — citizens still faced major disruptions on Monday. At 9 a.m., when a community service center in Seoul’s Dongdaemun District opened, residents gathered to handle tasks normally done online. Kim, 25, who asked to be identified only by her surname, said the disruption forced her to delay a planned trip out of the city. “I came to get documents for graduate school applications, which I would normally obtain online,” Kim told The Korea Times. “I was supposed to travelWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times