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(LEAD) Coupang services disrupted around midnight during update

Yonhap News's headline. Reported by Yonhap News, The Korea Herald.

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What the sources say, in brief

According to The Korea Herald, services operated by US-listed e-commerce company Coupang Inc., including its shopping and delivery platforms, were disrupted around midnight due to an error that occurred during an update, sources said Friday. The Korea Herald reported that users were unable to access Coupang, Coupang Eats and Coupang Play. Yonhap News also reported the disruption, datelined Seoul, Oct. 9. The excerpts supplied do not give further detail on the cause, duration or scope of the outage, and the event is not marked as developing.

Key points

  • The Korea Herald reported services of US-listed Coupang Inc. were disrupted around midnight.
  • The Korea Herald said the disruption was due to an error that occurred during an update.
  • The Korea Herald said users were unable to access Coupang, Coupang Eats and Coupang Play.
  • Yonhap News reported the disruption to Coupang services in a dispatch datelined Seoul, Oct. 9.

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(LEAD) Coupang services disrupted around midnight during update. According to The Korea Herald, services operated by US-listed e-commerce company Coupang Inc., including its shopping and delivery platforms, were disrupted around midnight due to an error that occurred during an update, sources said Friday. The Korea Herald reported that users were unable to access Coupang, Coupang Eats and Coupang Play. Yonhap News also reported the disruption, datelined Seoul, Oct. 9. The excerpts supplied do not give further detail on the cause, duration or scope of the outage, and the event is not marked as developing. Covered by 2 publications. Yonhap News: (LEAD) Coupang services disrupted around midnight during update. The Korea Herald: Coupang services disrupted around midnight during update.

Who is covering it

  1. Yonhap News South Korea (LEAD) Coupang services disrupted around midnight during update SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- Services operated by U.S.-listed e-commerce giant Coup... 9 Oct · Tier 2
  2. The Korea Herald South Korea Coupang services disrupted around midnight during update Services operated by US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc., including its shopping and delivery platforms, were disrupted around midnight due to an error that occurred during an update, sources said Friday. Users were unable to access Coupang, Coupang Eats and Coupang Play, the company's shopping, 9 Oct · Tier 3

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