Feel free to add any notes about Cyworld below.

• Cyworld is a Korean-based social network site

• Participants' accounts are tied to their national ID

• 1999 launched as a forum

• 2001 (September?) added SNS-style individual homepage (minihompy)

• 2003 August acquired by SK Communications / growth began to accelerate partly due to a competitor forum/SNS site beginning to charge