Category Archives: Web2.0+
What does Twitter have to do with the Seoul Mayor Race?
Next Wednesday Seoullites will head to the polls to vote in a by-election to decide their new mayor. As progressive alliance candidate Park Won-soon faces off against Na Gyeong-won, representing the incumbent Grand National Party, their supporters are waging an equally-heated battle on the micro blogging service Twitter. Koreans are posting more than 60,000 tweets… Continue Reading
Do Singaporeans have More Online Freedom of Speech than Koreans?
Singapore, according to the New York Times, is taking an uncharacteristically light-handed approach to online political expression. The well-known nanny state, where the same party has ruled since independence in 1965, is giving citizens and opposition candidates more leeway to debate political issues on blogs and social networks. In Korea, the world’s most wired nation… Continue Reading
Startup Spotlight: ium, a New Trend in Online Dating?
Recently, we had the chance to meet Hee Eun Park, the CEO of ium, an online dating site with a new twist. ium is a dating site where you get matched with one person per day. Once you see your matches profile, you can make a decision whether you are interested. If both parties say… Continue Reading
Twitter feeds in Naver profiles?
Ok, so Korea’s number one portal and infamously actively closed-off, walled-garden, Naver.com (NHN), now prominently displays a most recent Twitter feed in its famous/influential user profiles (those with Twitter accounts of course). I couldn’t find a similar feed for those with me2day accounts, but that could be just me. (let me know!) I don’t know… Continue Reading
