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☆ Fire knocks out services at South Korea tech giants Kakao, Naver
  + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
SEOUL, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A fire at a suburban data centre south of Seoul damaged servers of South Korea's major tech companies, Kakao Corp. (035720.KS) and Naver Corp. (035420.KS) on Saturday, causing extensive disruption to the country's dominant messenger service and internet portal. The fire at SK C&C (034730.KS) on Saturday afternoon affected the operations of companies including Kakao and Naver housed at the data centre in Pangyo, on Seoul's southern periphery, an SK official said. Kakao messenger and some affiliated services remained down more than eight hours after the fire broke out. Safety precautious were preventing Kakao from resuming power supplies to its data centre, Yonhap news agency reported. Kakao's messenger app Kakao Talk has more than 47 million active users in South Korea and 53 million globally, the company said in a report in August.
☆ North Korea says it will not overlook any kind of military provocations
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
SEOUL, Oct 15 (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday warned that it would take "overwhelming military countermeasures" against what it called deliberate provocations by South Korea, as tensions remained high following the North's ballistic missile launches in recent weeks. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"In the future, too, our army will never allow any provocation by the enemies escalating the military tension on the Korean Peninsula but take thorough and overwhelming military countermeasures," it said. North Korea also flew warplanes close to the military border with the South on Friday, prompting the South to scramble fighter jets. read moreSouth Korea on Friday said its artillery fire was "regular, legitimate" exercise. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Heekyong Yang and Jack Kim; Editing by Chris Reese and Diane CraftOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ North Korea says missile tests simulate striking South with nuclear weapons
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Cynthia Kim Josh Smith | Cynthia Kim | Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, officials in Seoul and Tokyo said, the seventh such launch since Sept. 25. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe tests simulated striking military command facilities, main ports, and airports in the South, KCNA added. The naval forces of South Korea, Japan and the United States also conducted joint drills before that. South Korean and U.S. officials say there are signs North Korea could soon detonate a new nuclear device in underground tunnels at its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test site, which was officially shuttered in 2018. NEW MISSILE, UNDERWATER SILOSOn Oct. 4, the North test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before, flying what it said was a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) missile over Japan for the first time since 2017.
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