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KCA now provides consumer information via Twitter 게시글 상세보기 - 등록일, 조회수, 첨부파일, 상세내용, 이전글, 다음글 제공
KCA now provides consumer information via Twitter
Date 2009-11-23 Hit 2613

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 The winners of daily quiz will be drawn for free gift certificates
Consumers can now receive consumer information via Twitter, a free social networking and micro-blogging service, as well.
 
The Korea Consumer Agency (President: Kim, Young-Seen, www.kca.go.kr) said that the Agency started using Twitter (http://twitterkr.com/kca_news) to give more convenience to consumers and realize two-way communications in consumer information by diversifying consumer information-providing channels.
 
 Via Twitter service, consumers are able to promptly receive a variety of information necessary for consumption life such as information on product test, product purchase guide, damage prevention information, consumer counseling news flash, consumer safety warning, and legal information.
 
In commemoration of its Twitter start, the Agency holds a ‘Daily Quiz’ event to induce more people to visit its Twitter by asking a simple quiz of consumer-related knowledge and giving a hint by providing a URL Link from Nov. 17th to Dec. 31st (weekday only). Six winners of daily quiz will be drawn for free gift certificates (KRW5,000 worth) every day.
 
Twitter
- Twitter, based in the USA, is a free social networking service that enables its users to communicate via images and Short Message Services (SMS) with 140-caharacter limit and is now used by 50 million people world-wide. Also, Twitter provides Twitter.kr service. Twitter is used by Korean celebrities and entertainers and visited by 0.8~0.9 million consumers every month. Meanwhile, SKT, a mobile telco in Korea, launched its mobile twitter service (named ‘Tweeting’) last month.
 
 
Supplementary coverage
Jung, Soon-il, Head of Publication & Media Team, Information Education Bureau (02-3460-3401)
Oh, Seung-gun, Senior Manager of Publication & Media Team, Information Education Bureau
 ( 02-3460-3404)
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