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South Korea Sets Affected Systems at 709 as Recovery Hits 27% After NIRS Fire

Officials fixed the tally at 709 following the restoration of the nTOPS management system.

Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung presides over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at the government complex in Seoul on Oct. 9, 2025. (Yonhap)
In this file photo, police investigators examine the aftermath of a fire at the National Information Resources Service in the central city of Daejeon on Sept. 30, 2025, to determine the cause of the fire that occurred at the center on Sept. 26. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters reported 193 of 709 government services online as of 6 a.m. Thursday.
  • On-Nara Document 2.0 was restored, allowing public officials to resume digital document processing in real time.
  • Authorities are transferring 96 systems destroyed in the blaze to the national data center in Daegu to accelerate recovery efforts.
  • The revised count replaced an earlier estimate of 647 after nTOPS came back, and officials said the finalized number would not change.
  • The Sept. 26 fire started with a lithium-ion battery explosion and led to protective shutdowns of 647 systems, including 436 public services and 211 intranets.