Cantido said:
But look at those internet speeds! How can this be?!
/is serious
South Korea's internet speeds mean nothing when everyone browses with internet explorer and their sites look like they were designed by a hyperactive colour-blind schizophrenic on meth. And there's little to 0 anonymity.
South Korea has terrible internets. In fact, it has terrible computers full stop. Nearly everyone still uses XP.
Char said:
Struggling?
Their per capital GPD is $20,475 USD which ranks as pretty good and it is the highest of any sovereign state in the region except for Japan.
That's not very hard when the region is full of communists and third-world crapholes.
SK's GPD per capita is half that of the US, Japan and most north-western European countries. It's in the same league as countries like Greece, Portugal and the Czech Republic. It's not third-world, but it's definitely in the lowest tier of first-world countries.