Software and information technology in Korea just sucks.

buttons are jpegs/gifs, everything is on Java EE and on vulnerable old webservers etc... A lot of government stuff supports only Internet Explorer even though it's long dead

South Korean IT seemed to be stuck in 2007 just not too long ago, would be surprised if it has changed much in the last few years. Do the websites still require you to use internet explorer?

Yes. The US government requires offsite backups .

They also require routine testing distaster recovery plans.

I participated in so many different programs over the years with those tests.

Tests that would roll over to facilities across the country

Samsung's software is generally terrible; they're decent at hardware, not software.

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the South Korean government is the storied tradition of physical confrontation in their parliament along with more than a few viral videos of brawls and such over the years. It used to be better in the US, but with the intensity of discord in our government lately, I don't think anyone really knows anymore.

Our incompetence in the US is much more distributed. It wouldn't surprise me if the same kind of data isn't backed up, but at least it's dozens of separate federal agencies not-backing up their data in different physical places.

The US government still relies heavily on physical records.

Well, Elon has a recent copy of everything at least.