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Four out of every ten Koreans have blogged, and one in ten is currently hosting their own weblogs. The average number of email accounts per capita is 1.7, and 3.4 out of every ten Koreans have used internet banking services.
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) announced these finding Wednesday. The figures were the result of a nationwide survey of 17,698 Koreans over the age of 6, conducted by the ministry and the National Internet Development Agency of Korea during the month of June.
The survey suggests that 32.57 million Koreans are Internet users -- 71.9 percent of the total population. This is up 3.7 percentage points from the same month last year and up 1.7 percentage points from December 2004.
The Internet usage rate trend is that the lower the age group, the greater the usage rate. 97.3 percent of those between the ages of 6 and 19 use the Internet, as do 97.2 percent of those in their 20s, 89.8 percent of those in their 30s, 67.2 percent of those in their 40s and 34.7 percent in their 50s.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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