Re-igniting the Korean Web

Chang Kim @ TEDx Seoul 2009

1997-2003

Korea = Innovation Engine

Dialpad

Cyworld

And virtual goods economy

Ohmynews

Knowledge iN

MMORPG

Also: Professional gaming league

Wibro

“Venture Culture”

Fast forward to 2009

Porals and Walled Garden

IE monoculture, Active X

“Cyber exiles”

Piracy

How “K-Wave” got inflicted by piracy

Wireless Korea?

Expensive mobile internet plansiPhone = “Next month phone”

App store by… everyone

Any signs of hope?

Globalization

Small yet meaningful signs

Attempts for “Open”

Naver, Daum

Mobile Web

LGT Oz

E-learning

Twitter

Screen golf

Interesting amalgamation of online + offline

Brick-and-mortar cases

Cases of brick-and-mortar businesses embracing the

“Web 2.0”