Korea is a world leader when it comes to many Internet-related figures, including number of users, average connectivity speed and price. But in terms of web freedom it's still lagging behind.
Research by U.S.-based Freedom House ranked Korea 19th out of 60 countries in its annual report, categorizing the country's web freedom status as "partly free."
While it highlighted improvements like relaxed regulations on election campaigning on the net, the report criticized the country's continued government censorship and a scandal that involved intelligence agents who went online to influence the 2012 presidential election.
