About 49 million people in South Korea (or 97.0% of the population) use the Internet. The country has the world's fastest average internet connection speed. South Korea has consistently ranked first in the UNICT Development Index since the index's launch. The government established policies and programs that facilitated the rapid expansion and use of broadband. The country has 97.6% of the population owning a smartphone, which is the highest in the world.
It is recorded that Kilnam Chon played a major role in the introduction of the Internet to South Korea.
Kilnam Chon said in an interview that in 1982 he started a South Korean network development project.
The first Internet message sent from South Korea to the world was done by Hyunje Park in 1990.
It is recorded that the e-mail—"I am Hyunje Park from Korea. Anyone who sees this e-mail, please reply."—sent by Hyunje Park received a reply—"I am Torben at the University of Hawaiʻi, United States. Congratulations. You are now connected to the Internet."—soon after. (Full article...)
Image 17Inauguration ceremony of the First Republic of South Korea on 15 August 1948 (from History of South Korea)
Image 18President Kim Dae-jung, the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient for advancing democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia and for reconciliation with North Korea, was sometimes called the "Nelson Mandela of Asia." (from History of South Korea)
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