Korea and the U.S. have pledged to strengthen their cooperation in setting up communications policies.
The head of Korea's communications regulator, Choi Sung-joon..., met his American counterpart Tom Wheeler on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress currently underway in Barcelona,... where they agreed to push for policies on net neutrality, also called the open internet.
This involves... ensuring that governments and internet service providers allow the public to freely access data or services on the internet.
With the concept of the Internet of Things and big data becoming more prevalent,... the two countries also agreed on the rising need to protect online privacy.
