As of the 30th, 35 days after the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) fire, the government system recovery rate is nearing 90%. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) said that as of 6 p.m. that day, 620 out of a total of 709 government systems (87.3%) had been normalized.

The "Safe Stepping Stone" app screen restored on the 30th. /Courtesy of Safe Stepping Stone

That morning, MOIS's Safety Stepping Stone, which provides disaster and safety information, was additionally restored. This system is closely tied to people's daily lives and is classified as "grade 1" in importance.

Of the 40 grade 1 systems, only one—MOIS's Integrated Situation Management for the Disaster Management Work Portal—has not yet been restored. The system is an internal work system that handles roles such as disaster dissemination. An MOIS official said, "We plan to complete the restoration of the grade 1 systems this week." The current recovery rates by grade are ▲ grade 1: 98% ▲ grade 2: 87% ▲ grade 3: 87% ▲ grade 4: 86%.

At around 8:15 p.m. on the 26th of last 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. System damage affected by the fire caused government services to go down across the board. The government has continued recovery work to the present, 35 days after the incident occurred. The government has set a goal of normalizing most government systems by the 20th of next month.

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