Minister Yoo Sang-im, "Widespread communication restrictions are not allowed even in emergencies."

Yoo Sang-im, Minister of Science and ICT, said it is impossible to restrict communication services even in a national emergency.

"It is impossible to broadly restrict or suspend the use of telecommunications services, which are the basic rights of the people, even in wartime, events, or equivalent national emergencies," Yoo said in a question on pending issues at the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee.

In addition, Article 85 of the Telecommunications Business Act is a priority regulation for communication services to secure important communications such as national security in the face of communication restrictions such as a surge in call volume and destruction of communication facilities.

This is interpreted as an explanation for the suspicion that the government has restricted the use of telecommunications services by the people due to some internet site access failures immediately after the emergency martial law.