Traditional performers take the stage during the congratulatory event for the 48th Unesco World Heritage Committee held at Bexco, Busan, on July 19.[JOINT PRESS CORPS]
I hope our readers in Korea are staying dry this monsoon season. It's going to be a wet week.
In today's headlines, South Korea's Foreign Ministry has suffered a pretty massive data breach, and boy band BoyNextDoor kicks off its world tour. We'll also take a look at a 1971 hijacking that was thwarted using wits and a heroic sacrifice.
Additionally, we'll see how Mongolia is becoming Korea's retail playground and learn how Seoul plans to compensate users of its city bicycle system after a data leak.
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Today's top story
BUSINESS
Personal data of all South Korean diplomats believed leaked in 'unprecedented' cyberattack
The personal information of nearly all of South Korea's diplomatic personnel is presumed to have been compromised in what the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called an "unprecedented" cyberattack, exposing up to 10,000 administrative and intelligence records.
The data system of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) — an institution affiliated with the Foreign Ministry that develops and runs education and training programs for diplomats and international affairs personnel across government ministries and the public sector — was belatedly revealed to have been breached between April and May of last year, with unauthorized access continuing until early February.
Wits, heroism and sacrifice stopped hijacker from taking airliner to North Korea
The first grenade hit the aisle somewhere over Gangwon, blowing a hole in the floor 30 minutes into a routine flight from Yangyang County, Gangwon, to Seoul.
Seoul to compensate 4 million bike-sharing users after data breach
Around 4 million users affected by a data breach involving Seoul's public bike-sharing service Ttareungi will be given a 30-day pass, the Seoul Facilities Corporation said Tuesday.
