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August 10, 2004

Korea has over 30 million Internet users

Korea has over 30 million Internet users

By INQUIRER staff: Tuesday 10 August 2004, 11:48
OVER 30 MILLION KOREANS are now regularly using the internet, according to a survey by the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Internet Development Agency.
The country has a population of 45 million.

Korea is the fifth country in the world to have topped the 30 million mark, following after the United States, Japan, China and Germany. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Information and Communication announced that there were 30.67 million internet users at the end of June – up from 29.22 million six months ago.

Just under 70% of the population happen to be "internet users" – that is, they are on the internet for an hour or more each month – which marks a 2.7% increase from last December, and 4.1% from the same time last year.

Over 95% of Koreans between 6 and 29 go online regularly, 86.4% for Koreans in their 30s, 58.3% for 40-50 year olds, and 27.6% for those in their 50s.

The survey showed that the average Korean internetter will spend about 11.5 hours a week online – primarily to check for information and e-mail, and to play online games (like GunBound)

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