YouTube 'Meoktong' Outage... Restored After About 2 Hours
[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] On the 12th, users experienced inconvenience due to errors such as video playback issues on the video service YouTube. The error has now been resolved and the service has returned to normal.
YouTube announced on its official Twitter, "We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the YouTube error," and stated, "The service is currently back to normal."
On that day, from 9:00 AM to 10:40 AM, an error occurred for about two hours during which videos did not play smoothly. When accessing YouTube on PC and mobile, buffering occurred on videos or the screen did not display properly. Additionally, when clicking on a video, a black screen with the message "An error has occurred" appeared.
The YouTube outage caused inconvenience to companies that were planning to hold online seminars due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Users expressed their frustrations through social networking services (SNS). Terms such as "YouTube buffering," "YouTube playback not working," and "YouTube loading" appeared in the real-time search rankings on major portal sites.
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The YouTube error occurred not only in Korea but also in countries around the world.
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