South Korea holds a large lead over the rest of the world in the percentage of inhabitants who have high-speed Internet connections, with Japan poised to catch up, according to the U.N. communications agency. "Between 60 and 70 percent of all households in South Korea have a broadband connection, and cybercafes where students play online games are "almost on every corner," said Taylor Reynolds, one of the authors of a report by the International Telecommunication Union."

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