Gov't unveils disaster recovery measures for state data centers

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SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- One year after a devastating fire at a key state data center, the interior ministry Friday announced measures to enhance the stability of government information systems.

The fire at the National Information Resources Service's (NIRS) data center in the central city of Daejeon broke out on Sept. 26 last year, damaging servers and crippling key online administrative systems, such as government websites and local community center systems, across the country. It took 95 days to fully normalize these services.

The interior ministry said the government will strengthen its disaster recovery system to ensure that core administrative information systems directly linked to people's daily lives can be restored within one hour in the event of a disaster.

The government plans to reclassify its approximately 15,000 public information systems according to their importance and give priority to establishing disaster recovery systems for 13 core systems, including the disaster-safety information service and resident registration system, by the first half of next year, the ministry said.

In particular, 76 systems classified as the highest A1 level will adopt a dual-operation system, with backup systems maintained at separate data centers to ensure service restoration within one hour in the event of a disaster.

The government will establish a system for the NIRS's Gongju Center to replicate 121 systems at the Daejeon Center in real time by the first half of next year, while the agency's Gwangju and Daegu centers will also have data replication systems in place by 2027.

"First of all, disaster recovery systems for (data) storage will be established for all systems in the (NIRS') Daejeon, Daegu and Gwangju centers by next year. The foundation for recovery in the event of a large-scale failure will be in place by the end of next year," Hwang Gyu-cheol, head of the interior ministry's AI Government Bureau, said at a media briefing.

Hwang Gyu-cheol (C), head of the interior ministry's AI Government Bureau, announces measures to strengthen the stability of government information systems in a media briefing in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2026, in this photo released by the ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Gov't unveils disaster recovery measures for state data centers

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首尔，10 月 2 日（韩联社）——在国家重要数据中心发生毁灭性火灾一年后，韩国内政部周五宣布了加强政府信息系统稳定性的措施。

去年9月26日，位于韩国中部城市大田的国立信息资源服务中心（NIRS）数据中心发生火灾，服务器受损，导致全国各地重要的在线行政系统瘫痪，例如政府网站和地方社区中心系统。这些服务用了95天时间才完全恢复正常。

内政部表示，政府将加强灾后恢复系统，以确保与人民日常生活直接相关的核心行政信息系统在发生灾害时能够在1小时内恢复。

该部表示，政府计划根据重要性对大约 15,000 个公共信息系统进行重新分类，并优先在明年上半年为包括灾害安全信息服务和居民登记系统在内的 13 个核心系统建立灾难恢复系统。

特别是，76 个被评为最高 A1 级别的系统将采用双操作系统，在独立的数据中心维护备份系统，以确保在发生灾难时一小时内恢复服务。

政府将在明年上半年之前为国立遥感研究所公州中心建立一套系统，实时复制大田中心的 121 个系统；同时，该机构的光州和大邱中心也将在 2027 年前建立数据复制系统。

“首先，明年之前，大田、大邱和光州三个国家人工智能研究中心的全部系统都将建立数据存储灾难恢复系统。到明年年底，大规模故障的恢复基础也将到位。” 内政部人工智能政府局局长黄圭哲在新闻发布会上表示。

2026年10月2日，韩国行政院人工智能政府局局长黄圭哲（中）在首尔举行的新闻发布会上宣布了加强政府信息系统稳定性的措施。此照片由行政院发布。（照片非卖品）（韩联社）

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