The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said that as of 10 a.m. on the 1st, 99 out of 647 government administrative information systems that had been halted due to a fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) had been restored. The recovery rate is 15.3%.

Among the systems recently brought back to normal is the National Data Office's (formerly Statistics Korea) "Economic survey integrated management (business network) based on 2025." It manages four types of economic survey statistical data: mining and manufacturing, services, transportation, and corporate activities.

A Kyoungin Regional Statistics Office employee demonstrates a price survey in January last year; the photo is not directly related to the article. /Courtesy of Park Sojeong reporter

Earlier, at about 8:15 p.m. on the 26th, a fire broke out due to a lithium-ion battery explosion in the computer room on the 5th floor of the NIRS in Hwaam-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. Government services simultaneously went dead due to system damage affected by the fire. The Interior Ministry has been restoring systems sequentially for the sixth day.

However, 96 systems involved with the "7-1 computer room," which was completely burned, are inevitably facing a long-term outage of about a month, including the People's Sinmungo, the National Law Information Center, and the nationwide cremation reservation service.

Minister Yun Ho-jung of the Interior and Safety said, "We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to the public," and added, "The government will take responsibility and proceed with restoration."

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