South Korea to consider increasing scrutiny over Kakao after outages

Public criticism of Kakao and its affiliates has increased following the blaze at an SK C&C data centre in the south of Seoul on Saturday. — Reuters

South Korean lawmakers plan to discuss stepping up government oversight of Kakao Corp after hours-long service outages over the weekend prompted criticism over the Internet giant’s reliability.

The ruling People Power Party said its lawmakers and government officials will meet Wednesday to discuss possible revisions to the broadcasting communications law so that private data centres, such as those housing Kakao and Naver Corp servers, come under the same regulations as other national disaster management facilities during emergencies.