Seoung-A Yoon, associate manager at Performics, shared an anecdote that Koreans like to joke that they visit Naver when they are bored as it provides lots of interesting information and is a great way to pass time.
It appears that U.S.officials may have arranged the visit to Google in order to show the NorthKoreans the level of U.S.technology and influence," according to an unnamed Foreign Ministry official quoted in The Chosunilbo.
Instead, Koreans have started to use Twitter and Facebook. However, the iPhone attracted Koreans to a whole new world. Overseas travel products (Southeast Asia, Japan, China, North America, Europe, so on sold in Gmarket and auction)
Similar to the Chinese, Koreans celebrate the lunar New Year as a significant holiday event. Yet, alternatively, they also celebrate Christmas as an official holiday because about half of Koreans are Christian.