As of 9 a.m. on the 15th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said it had normalized 309 of the 709 administrative information systems that malfunctioned due to a fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS). The recovery rate is 43.6%.

On the 26th of last month, it is confirmed that during the fire at the National Information Resources Service computer room a battery pack suddenly emitted sparks and triggered a series of explosions. The photo is a CCTV capture of the computer room fire provided by the Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Kim Seong-hoe's office. /Courtesy of Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Kim Seong-hoe's office

Recently restored systems include: ▲ Office for Government Policy Coordination (OPC) integrated relay and monitoring ▲ Ministry of Science and ICT researcher work support ▲ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Mining Registration Office website (partial restoration). Of the Grade 1 systems closely tied to people's daily lives, 31 out of 40 have been normalized.

Earlier, at about 8:15 p.m. on the 26th of the previous month, a fire broke out due to a lithium-ion battery explosion in the computer room on the fifth floor of the NIRS building in Hwaam-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. Government services went down across the board due to system damage affected by the fire. The government has continued restoration work for 20 days since the incident occurred.

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