President Lee Jae-myung Monitors National Information Resources Fire Situation Overnight

President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hye-kyung, who returned after their visit to the United States, are disembarking from Air Force One upon landing at Seongnam Seoul Airport on the 26th. Photo by Yonhap News

The Office of the President announced that President Lee Jae-myung monitored the fire situation at the National Information Resources Service throughout the night on September 27.

Lee Guyoun, Senior Secretary for Public Relations at the Office of the President, informed the press corps that "President Lee received reports from the head of the National Crisis Management Center and cabinet members on the response system according to the disaster crisis response manual for administrative information systems of each ministry, the status of public services, data damage, and backup status." President Lee returned to the country on the night of the 26th after attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States.

Earlier, on the 26th, a fire broke out in the computer room of the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon, causing a paralysis of government work systems. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the operation of 647 work systems was suspended due to the incident. The ministry raised the crisis alert level from "alert" to "serious."

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