2011 South Korea blackout

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] [ unreliable source? ]}
• 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]

References

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