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Cell Phones and Broadband 'Net Win in S. Korea

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the politics-the-next-generation dept.

McLuhanesque writes "The Globe and Mail has an interesting column on how text messaging and the use of effective broadband internet content helped propel an obscure lawyer, Mr. Roh Moo-hyun, from a perpetual also-ran to become South Korea's new president. 'With the world's highest penetration of high-speed and mobile Internet services, South Korea is at the cutting edge of technology that is transforming the political system, making it more open and democratic. It could be a preview of the shape of Western democracy,' the article says."

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  1. j00 want g@y s3x? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You got it!

    =====) (())

    5th prost.

    Cherish my balls in the name of the uiuc.test community.

  2. ouch by adamruck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    well since I live in Wisconsin, the farming and cheese state, im really glad I dont have moo in my name like that guy.

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    Selling software wont make you money, selling a service will.
  3. NB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NB is a fucking ROBOT! Tell EVERYONE!

  4. SBC in Soviet Russia? (OT) by Mancomb+Seepgood · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just logged into yahoo egroups and got this in an SBC-yahoo DSL popup .. wtf?

    "INTERNET THAT LOGS ONTO YOU."