Korea has over 30 million Internet users - 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.

Portable Internet to Be 10 Times Faster - South Koreans will be able to access the Internet on the go at 10 times faster than they are currently, starting next year thanks to the homegrown WiBro service. The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) on Wednesday said it would issue 2-3 WiBro licenses next February and spectrum usage fees would be set at 3 percent of service providers' annual sales. With the announcement, the outline of the WiBro services was fixed and the mobility-specific Internet will be launched in a full-fledged manner in 2006. WiBro, formerly known as 2.3GHz Internet, promises a downstream speed of around 1 Mbps and seamless mobile connectivity at up to 60 kilometers per hour.

And we have DSL, that costs the moon!