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South Korea is turning to the most advanced technology to bolster security. The government has announced that it will be deploying facial recognition technology at public buildings “following a high-profile illegal entry into one of its offices earlier this year,” the Korea Herald reports.

The Ministry of the Interior came under fire for lax and lacking security standards after a man “broke into a government building in central Seoul to tamper with the results of the civil service exam he took.”

The man entered the building at least five time in February and March using an identification card he stole from a public official working in the building. He later stole another two ID cards.

The new system will be phased in during the course of this year, and will work by comparing biometric markers in a database against the characteristics of the person attempting to gain access to restricted areas.

This will replace the current system where two security guards check individuals’ ID cards by hand.

The new system underwent evaluation and was found appropriate for heavily-trafficked government office buildings, said the Ministry in a statement. Presently, some 32,000 employees and 6,000 visitors enter four large government complexes around S Korea every day.

Additionally, The Ministry of the Interior will be hardening regulations to punish government employees who do not report missing their ID cards in a prompt manner, as well as those who lend out their personal ID cards to others.

“Among other things, we will do our best to establish a security consciousness in public officials to prevent any similar events from happening again,” said Interior Minister Hong Yun-sik.