I had to install 4 different programs, which are constantly running in the background, just to be able to use online banking for my Korean account.
From a users perspective this is really bad, since you have no idea if the installed programs are valid and what they actually do.
In addition to that I once tried using my bank's online banking app for the iPhone.
It took me quite a while to figure out why it wasn't working, because you cannot actually use it without going to the bank and receiving a valid encryption key for your access.
Then there's online purchases in South Korea, which are of course most of the time limited to IE only again as well.
It also often requires having a South Korean cellphone number, since activation codes are sent via text message instead of email.
Setting up an account for a website service also means providing a Korean ID number, due to their online access policies.
Overall it took me the course of a day simply trying to order something from outside Korea and then failing at the last step due to the site not accepting foreign credit cards.
Overall the online experience for South Korean sites is extremely bad. If you're not using a Windows PC there, then you're out of luck without using VMs or a separate Windows partition on it.
From a users perspective this is really bad, since you have no idea if the installed programs are valid and what they actually do.
In addition to that I once tried using my bank's online banking app for the iPhone. It took me quite a while to figure out why it wasn't working, because you cannot actually use it without going to the bank and receiving a valid encryption key for your access.
Then there's online purchases in South Korea, which are of course most of the time limited to IE only again as well. It also often requires having a South Korean cellphone number, since activation codes are sent via text message instead of email.
Setting up an account for a website service also means providing a Korean ID number, due to their online access policies. Overall it took me the course of a day simply trying to order something from outside Korea and then failing at the last step due to the site not accepting foreign credit cards.
Overall the online experience for South Korean sites is extremely bad. If you're not using a Windows PC there, then you're out of luck without using VMs or a separate Windows partition on it.