South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok speaks during an anti-terrorism drill at the Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex in Gyeongju, South Korea, in September 2025. YONHAP/EPA/Shutterstock

A major fire at South Korea’s national data center has halted hundreds of online government services including postal and tax facilities, Reuters reported.

The blaze likely began with an explosion of a battery at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon city, about 85 miles (130 kilometers) south of the capital Seoul, at around 8:20 p.m. local time on Friday, the news agency reported.

That led to a “thermal runaway” releasing extreme heat in the server room, making it difficult for firefighters to contain the inferno, officials told the agency.

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said th

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