2011 South Korea blackout explained

The 2011 South Korea Blackout was a power outage across South Korea on September 15, 2011.^[1]

Responses

• President Lee Myung-bak made a remark how this power outage was an incident that "happens in third world countries".^[2] The Assembly leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Kim Jin-pyo, responded to his remark by criticizing Lee Myung-bak's third world approach of extensively hiring crony parachuted personnels.^[3]
• The Future Hope Alliance-affiliated politician, Song Yeong-seon (송영선), mentioned that a cyberattack from North Korea caused this nationwide blackout and later received negative online commentaries for being uncertainly judgmental.^[4]
• Choi Jung-gyeong, the head of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, officially resigned due to this incident.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Chang-su (창수) . Park (박) . 사상 초유 정전 사태로 전국 대혼란 (전국종합) . 2011-09-15 . . 2011-10-01 . Korean.
2. News: Seung-u (승우) . Lee (이) . Ahn Yong-su (안용수) . 李대통령 "정전사태 책임 따져야" . 2011-09-16 . . 2011-10-01 . Korean.
3. News: Seung-hun (승훈) . Lee (이) . Seon Dae-sik (선대식) . MB 후진국형 낙하산 인사가 정전 대란 불렀다 . 2011-09-18 . . 2011-10-10 . Korean.
4. News: Nam-gweon (남권) . Kim (김) . 송영선 "정전, 北소행" 주장 번복 해프닝 . 2011-09-15 . . 2011-10-01 . Korean.
5. News: Jae-weon (재원) . Hong (홍) . ‘정전대란’ 책임… 최중경 8개월 만에 퇴진 . 2011-09-27 . . 2011-10-01 . Korean.