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Confirmed: internet outage in South Korea

South Korea · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in South Korea. 13 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

63%
Anomaly Rate
13
Measurements
75%
Confidence

What This Means

63% of 13 network tests from South Korea failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 60+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (13)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis13 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for North Gyeongsang"IODA report
Signal value: 0.62
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for South Jeolla"IODA report
Signal value: 0.63
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for North Chungcheong"IODA report
Signal value: 0.62
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Jeju"IODA report
Signal value: 0.66
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sejong"IODA report
Signal value: 0.58
May 3, 2026
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+ 8 more IODA records

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in South Korea [KR-2026-0003]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/KR-2026-0003

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