Internet service in South Korea has been disrupted and tech giant Kakao CEO has announced his resignation

Phoenix New Media Technology News Beijing time October 19 news, due to the Internet giant Kakao's large-scale service interruption caused confusion to South Korea, which heavily depends on the company's services, Kakao joint CEO Whon Namkoong announced its resignation today.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Whon Namkoong apologized for the interruption in the company's service and said he would resign. "I bear great responsibility for this incident. I will resign from CEO and lead the emergency disaster task force to oversee the aftermath of the incident," Whon Namkoong said. "We will do our best to restore users' confidence in Kakao and ensure that such incidents do not happen again."

Another Kakao co-CEO Hong Eun-taek will remain in office, according to company documents. "We sincerely apologize to all those who were affected during the service interruption." Hong Eun-taek said when he bowed and apologized.

A fire broke out at the SK ClearC data center south of Seoul on Saturday, causing widespread disruption to Kakao services and sparking public criticism of Kakao and its subsidiaries. The Internet giant has spent hours trying to revive its popular instant messaging service, KakaoTalk, which is used by government officials and businesses across the country. During this period, Kakao services, including payments, banking and games, were suspended. As of Wednesday, most services, including KakaoTalk, had been restored.