Virtual Life in Korea

Virtual Lives Proliferate, from CyWorld (here) to Second Life in the US. Cyworld has 17 million users.

Koreans are keen on being connected at all times....
In a 10th storey apartment with a stunning view over Seoul, Woo Jae-yeon is explaining how she furnished her room.

"It was a bit bare at first," she says, "so I bought these bright colourful carpets and the flowery wallpaper. And these pictures of a Disneyland Castle represent how I want to live - like a Princess."

This professional woman in her mid-twenties isn't describing the tastefully furnished apartment she shares with her husband - but a virtual room on the internet.

Jae-yeon is among 17 million Koreans who spend a lot of their time in Cyworld - a website which provides them with a virtual social life.

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