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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. Language is still a barrier by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Troll

    Have you ever seen asian languages on a computer screen or cell phones? Or in some cases count the characters in their alphabet system assuming they have any?

    For any asian countries to excel with computers, the technology has to be directly compatible with their everyday dialect. The complexities are far greater than the ASCII alphabet set of any latin-based languages.

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  3. Take a Ride on the Super Democratization Highway! by Zhe+Mappel · · Score: 0, Troll
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