The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said that "all systems not linked to the fifth-floor systems directly affected by this fire have been fully restored." As of 3 p.m. on the 13th, the 18th day since the incident, the government system restoration rate was 37.2%.
Kim Min-jae, the No. 1 deputy chief of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety), said this in a briefing at the Seoul Government Complex that day. The Daejeon National Information Resources Service fire broke out on the building's fifth floor; the ignition point, the "7-1 computer room," was completely burned, and the "7 computer room" and "8 computer room" on the same floor were damaged by heat, smoke, and dust. The 1–6 computer rooms on other floors suffered no direct damage.
Vice Minister Kim said, "In the case of the 8 computer room, dust removal and power work were completed on the 11th, and electricity supply has resumed," adding, "Because many systems in the 8 computer room use equipment from the 7 computer room, immediate restoration is difficult. After first restoring the data stored on the 7 computer room equipment, we will sequentially restore the systems as well."
Of the systems in the 7 computer room and 7-1 computer room that were directly damaged by fire and dust, 20 systems will be transferred to the Daegu Center for restoration. Vice Minister Kim said, "We initially planned to transfer all of the systems in question to the Daegu Center, but we judged that for a considerable number of systems, bringing in new equipment to the Daejeon Center could be faster than installation after transfer to Daegu," adding, "For the systems retained at the Daejeon Center, restoration will proceed in the available space within the 1–6 computer rooms."
Meanwhile, there are concerns that the plan to fully restore government systems in October could be further delayed. Earlier, the government said around the end of last month that full restoration of the National Information Resources Service would take about four weeks. National Information Resources Service Administrator Lee Jae-yong said, "If we cannot restore the equipment we originally used (through parts replacement, etc.), we have to restore it (by bringing in new equipment) using the backed-up data," adding, "In that case, the timeline could be delayed a bit further."
According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, as of that day, 264 out of a total of 709 government systems had been restored. Among the "Grade 1" systems closely tied to people's daily lives, 30 out of 40 were restored. The 10 not yet restored are: ▲ Integrated Veterans Affairs (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs) ▲ e-People (Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission) ▲ National Law Information Center (Ministry of Government Legislation) ▲ Public Data Portal ▲ National Secretary homepage ▲ National Secretary alert service ▲ Safety Stepping Stone ▲ Disaster Management Work Portal integrated situation management ▲ Document 24 ▲ Resident registration card mobile verification service (Ministry of the Interior and Safety).