This story is worth being on the frontpage just for that picture. I know it's a common tradition in east asian countries for people in power to be overtly responsible for the failure of operations under their command, but just imagine if this was a western country.<p>We have such a terrible culture of not owning up to problems that were within our reach to prevent. A western leader of a company would never be that publicly humble about a mistake of an employee, most don't even appear in the news with a picture, if they do it's a paparazzi shot taken without their knowledge or permission.<p>It all reinforces the image that our financial institutions are run by crooks.
As a reference for anyone reading, South Korea has a population of a bit less than 50 million. 20 million credit card details stolen means that just under half of the country's population was affected..<p>There is something to be said about the drawbacks of living in such a small but highly networked society (esp. in S. Korea where the entire country has a particular 'small town' feel) but I do not have the energy to organize and put my thoughts to keyboard at the moment.