Seoul: YouTube service was normalized after experiencing a temporary disruption in South Korea on Thursday, which had affected playback on both mobile and desktop devices, according to industry watchers. Earlier in the day, an error prevented some users from playing videos when accessing the platform via the YouTube mobile app. Some desktop computer users had also experienced similar issues.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the service appeared to have been largely restored as of around 9:30 a.m. The temporary disruption affected some users of YouTube Music as well and was believed to be part of a broader global outage. Google later issued a statement confirming that the disruption has been resolved across all YouTube services and thanked users for their patience.

YouTube, operated by Google, is the most widely used video platform in South Korea. According to government officials, the service disruption is estimated to have lasted from 8:17 a.m. to 9:19 a.m. The outage was believed to have been caused by an error during a spam prevention system update. Google Korea notified the science ministry of the error at 9:01 a.m. Under current regulations, major broadcasting and telecommunications operators are required to report service disruptions within 10 minutes of the occurrences.