We, too, have presidential election in South Korea!!

I want to talk about the presidential election of my country, South Korea, although most of you guys aren’t interested in it. The presidential election will be held in this December.


Prior to the primary election of each party held in this summer or fall, while the heat of the election are getting hotter, many election experts are saying UCC (User-Created Contents) will be a new critical factor to affect the election, following TV debate in 1997 and internet community in 2002.


UCC, literally, indicates the contents, mostly short video, created by people. Just imagine videos at YouTube.com.

In regard to this, each hopeful can generate videos that get attraction from voters, especially young ones. However, the thing is people themselves can generate videos about hopefuls, intended to show their positive or negative aspects. And this will be influencing voters tremendously.


In fact, many videos where the hopefuls appeared have already drawn attention of people, and the Central Election Management Committee ordained the rule to manage these UCC videos.
(I wish I could show you guys those funny videos, only if you guys can understand Korean!!)