South Korea – taking the world by storm

OhmyNews seems to have not only revolutionised South Korea but the journalistic world as well. I was…well impressed reading Stephen Quinn’s article ‘OhmyNews in South Korea’.

Gone are the days when South Korea can be ignored. Now possessing the highest number of broadband connections per capita and high economic growth they are an international competitor in anything technical, launching many new mobile phone technologies.

OhmyNews, may in fact make South Korea one of the world’s most democratic countries. Not only can anyone submit articles, but should they remain unpublished the author is entitled to an explanation why. This is designed to maintain the news services integrity.

In addition, restrictions on media ownership prohibit cross-media ownership. Therefore along side the 120 dailies, various TV stations and OhmyNews the audience are undoubtedly able to access a variety of news sources.  

When’s the next plane to South Korea?