South Korea under the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee where South Korea's economy rapidly grew from industrialisation and the Chaebol corporations such as Samsung and LG. Ever since the industrialization of South Korea's economy, South Korea has placed its focus on technology-based corporations, which has been supported by infrastructure developments by the government. South Korean corporations Samsung and LG were ranked first and third largest mobile phone companies in the world in the first quarter of 2012, respectively. An estimated 90% of South Koreans own a mobile phone. Aside from placing/receiving calls and text messaging, mobile phones in the country are widely used
Nickelodeon (South Korea) Nickelodeon (South Korea) Nickelodeon ( Nick) is a South Korean television channel aimed at children and teens. It is the South Korean version of American Nickelodeon. The channel is currently owned by SBS Viacom, a joint venture of SBS Medianet and Viacom International Media Networks. In South Korea, some of original series from Nickelodeon, like "Rugrats", "Rocket Power", "The Wild Thornberrys", "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Dora the Explorer", were shown on what is now EBS1 (operated by public-service broadcaster EBS). "" was broadcast on MBC. A localisation of Nick Jr.'s "Blue's Clues" was shown on KBS2 (of public-sector broadcaster KBS). The