SubscribeI’ve written a limited number of posts on Web 2.0 here, ok, only 4, but it’s a start. Just today, I was reading China Web 2.0 Review and they featured two Asia Web 2.0 development and news from Korea. They are KoreaCrunch (like TechCrunch) and Web 2.0 Asia. It is so nice to be able to find some discussion on Web 2.0 in Korea. Most of the Web 2.0 news you hear now mostly originate from China.
I have been looking into Cyworld myself since all my Korean friends have them and done some personal analysis and am surprised to learn that it will launch in US, finally. I have my doubts and concerns, like KoreanCrunch mentioned but only time will tell. To be honest, I’ll be surprised if it succeeds outside of Korea, I can’t see Americans willing to pay for wallpaper and mp3 background music amongst other things you can do in Cyworld (I haven’t read enough into Cyworld’s US strategy yet and I am only guessing it is based on the current Cyworld model in Korea, please correct me if I am wrong on this). As a user, part-time Cyworld Korea user (I use my girlfriends account since I can’t register in Korea w/o ID number, but soon I can! ) . I actually have a Cyworld China account, but gave up because I couldn’t link to my friend’s Cyworld Korea sites, at that time.
It’s so exciting to see the two Korea-based Web 2.0 sites, I am very much interested in joining their movement both tracking Korea developments and Hong Kong developments. I am still learning the Korean internet from my Korean friends/users and hope to grasp a more detail view as time rolls on. As for Hong Kong Web 2.0 development, there is hardly any besides your blogosphere. After seeing this development, I am going to take dive into Hong Kong’s Web 2.0. However, this can prove difficulties as it is overshadowed by China and there is no Internet market or culture in Hong Kong (according to Edwyn Chan of Blogku Media) but I’m always up for the challenge!
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