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S. KOREA RECORDS SHARP RISE IN INTERNET USERS IN 2006.

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SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The number of internet users in South Korea rose more than one million in 2006, with people in their 40s and 50s leading the gain, a government report showed Thursday.

According to the report by the Ministry of Information and Communication, there were 34.1 million internet users as of the end of December, up 1.1 million from a year earlier.

That means 74.8 per cent of the nation's population over age 6 live in an internet-connected environment.

The biannual report is based on a survey of 25,727 people taken in December.

According to the findings, almost all people in their 20s and 30s log onto the internet, with the internet penetration rates for the two age groups reaching 98.9 per cent and 94.6 per cent, respectively.

Leading the yearly increase, the internet ...

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