Korean Business Status (BRN) Live Check — Service Restored

Status: OperationalEffective: Oct 1, 2025 (KST) The BRN live verification feature is now fully operational again. Following the government data-center incident on Sept 26, live checks against the National Tax Service (NTS) have been restored and are functioning normally in both the web interface and any automated validations you run. What this means for you … Read more

Korean Government Data-center Fire

Status: Partial external outage (government sources).Started: Friday, Sept 26, 2025 (approx. 20:20 KST).Background: A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data center in Daejeon led authorities to suspend hundreds of government IT systems to protect infrastructure; initial reports cited 647 affected systems, later revised upward during recovery updates. What’s available: Temporary limitations (external … Read more