Our top story this morning...<br />South Korea's top fixed-line operator KT Corporation says it has repaired more than half the network damage that incurred from a fire that broke out at one of its buildings in Seoul on Saturday.<br />The downed networks inconvenienced hundreds of thousand of people,... but KT admits it may take sveral days to fully repair the network.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports. <br />Saturday's fire at a KT building in Seoul's central Ahyeon district was extinguished after ten hours,... with no casualties reported,... but the property damage has been estimated at seven million U.S. dollars.<br />The blaze caused a mobile and network blackout for KT's customers,... causing massive inconvenience to users.<br />The operation of shops,... including convenience stores and restaurants,...were affected,... as the fire paralyzed their credit card payment systems that use KT's communication network.<br />KT, along with local fire authorities, say it may take a week to fully repair the affected network.... as the company looks to minimize the inconvenience of its users.<br /><br />"We're doing our best to minimize damage by restoring up to 90 percent of our service by Sunday evening." <br /><br />KT says it will provide compensation to its users.<br />The firm says the compensation will be a full refund of one month's bill.<br />KT also vowed to prevent similar cases happening again in the future.<br />The company is still carrying out an investigation with the fire authorities to find out the cause of the fire.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
