2011 South Korea blackout

2011 power outage in South Korea The 2011 South Korea Blackout was a power outage across South Korea on September 15, 2011. Chang-su (창수) Park (박) ko:사상 초유 정전 사태로 전국 대혼란 (전국종합) 2011-09-15 http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/society/2011/09/15/0706000000AKR20110915219000051.HTML Yonhap News Agency 2011-10-01 Korean Responses President Lee Myung-bak made a remark how this power outage was an incident that "happens in third world countries". Seung-u (승우) Lee (이) Ahn Yong-su (안용수) 李대통령 "정전사태 책임 따져야" 2011-09-16 http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2011/09/16/0200000000AKR20110916195651001.HTML?did=1179m Yonhap News Agency 2011-10-01 Korean 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. Seung-hun (승훈) Lee (이) Seon Dae-sik (선대식) MB 후진국형 낙하산 인사가 정전 대란 불렀다 2011-09-18 http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/view/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001628097&CMPT_CD=P0000 OhmyNews 2011-10-10 KoreanSee reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS May 2025 The Future Hope Alliance-affiliated politician, Song Yeong-seon (송영선 no), mentioned that a cyberattack from North Korea caused this nationwide blackout and later received negative online commentaries for being uncertainly judgmental. Nam-gweon (남권) Kim (김) ko:송영선 "정전, 北소행" 주장 번복 해프닝 2011-09-15 http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2011/09/15/0200000000AKR20110915233651001.HTML Yonhap News Agency 2011-10-01 Korean Choi Jung-gyeong, the head of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, officially resigned due to this incident. Jae-weon (재원) Hong (홍) ko:'정전대란' 책임… 최중경 8개월 만에 퇴진 2011-09-27 http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201109272128105&code=920100 Kyunghyang Shinmun 2011-10-01 Korean References Blackout South Korea Category:Presidency of Lee Myung-bak Category:September 2011 in South Korea Category:Industrial accidents and incidents in South Korea