South Korea's hundreds of online government services are still being interrupted.

The National Information Resource Management Institute in Daejeon, a central city in South Korea, caught fire on the evening of September 26 due to a battery explosion, resulting in the interruption of 647 online government services and the inability to use the network system. The South Korean government reported this morning that 46 services have been restored, including widely used postal financial services. According to the South Korean Ministry of Administration and Security, the agencies affected by the fire include the Korean Customs Service, the National Police Agency, and the National Fire Agency. The South Korean government has not yet provided a timetable for the full restoration of all affected services. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung apologized for the service interruption incident today. He also pointed out that a similar government service outage incident occurred in 2023 and expressed surprise that the government has still not established a better backup mechanism. The National Information Resource Management Institute, under the South Korean Ministry of Administration and Security, is considered the hub of South Korea's national computer network. The fire destroyed nearly 400 sets of lithium battery packs in the room, believed to have caused the paralysis of nearly one-third of South Korean government agencies' online information services and systems, including the location tracking function of the 119 emergency rescue service, online official document issuance services, and the wide-ranging government intranet system. Websites of major government agencies such as the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Administration and Security, and Ministry of Finance are also inaccessible due to the fire.