Lee Junseok: "Look at the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty... Data Centers Must Be Fully Distributed"

On the Network Outage: "Practical Measures Over Political Disputes"
"We Must Move Beyond the Current Structure Concentrated in Daejeon and Sejong"

Lee Junseok, Representative of the Reform New Party, has called for the establishment of 'geographical redundancy' for national core services, emphasizing that practical measures are needed rather than political disputes in response to the recent government network outage.

As a member of the National Assembly's Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, Lee wrote on his social media account on the 28th, "The network failure is causing increased inconvenience for the public," and added, "While political attacks are easy, it is the duty of lawmakers responsible for science and communications to consider and propose solutions."

He stressed the necessity of distributing data centers by referencing a historical example: "We should recall the wisdom of storing the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty in multiple locations-Hanyang, Chunchugwan, Chungju, Jeonju, and Seongju." He continued, "Just as only the Jeonju copy survived during the Japanese invasions of Korea, allowing history to continue, national core services must be distributed in centers that are not only equipped with redundant equipment but are also geographically separated."

Lee Junseok, Representative of the Reform New Party. Yonhap News

Lee pointed out that it is necessary to go beyond simple data backup and establish a service system that can operate continuously 24 hours a day. He stated, "We should break away from the current structure concentrated in Daejeon and Sejong and build additional data centers in both the Yeongnam and Honam regions." He argued that, unlike the private sector, which operates distributed backups through services like Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, the government should establish a much stronger independent infrastructure.

He also noted, "The cost of storage devices has become sufficiently low, and the domestic network infrastructure is well developed." He added, "Given the economic losses and public inconvenience caused by this outage, the cost of building redundant data centers can be justified."

Mentioning Netflix's use of 'Chaos Monkey,' a tool that intentionally disrupts systems to test recovery protocols, Lee emphasized, "There needs to be a culture of regular testing and continuous improvement."

Lee stated that he would deliver concrete measures to the Ministry of Science and ICT through parliamentary inquiries and strongly urge their implementation. He said, "Before we boast about the dazzling era of AI, we must first strengthen our basic infrastructure." He added, "I hope this incident serves as an opportunity to review and advance our overall digital infrastructure, and above all, I want to express my gratitude and support to the engineers working tirelessly on site to restore services."